Croatians protest against the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. (Photo credit: www.slobalnadalmacija.hr)

Baltics, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe, Gender equality

Treaty aimed at combating violence against women is under fire in Eastern Europe

14/03/2018 Frank Elbers

There is a new spectre haunting Eastern Europe. It is called the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. From Riga to Sofia, resistance against this so-called Istanbul Convention has been mounting in the past few months.

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