Poland, Turkey, … – to leave the Istanbul Convention means to encourage violence against women

https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-laws-against-domestic-abuse-fail-to-protect-women/a-55717911 The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention), of May 2011, is an important legal instrument for the reduction of violence against women.  Only 34 of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe have ratified the Istanbul Convention. Poland and Turkey were …