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Pradeep Kumar

21/03/21 15:27 PM IST

Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women

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Turkey has withdrawn from a European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first country to sign and which bears the name of its largest city

About the convention
  • Turkey — which applied to join the European Union in 1987 but is not yet a member — was the first country to sign the Council of Europe's "Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence" at a committee of ministers meeting in Istanbul in 2011.
  • The law came into force in 2014, and Turkey's constitution says international agreements have the force of law.
  • The Istanbul Convention states that men and women have equal rights and obliges state authorities to take steps to prevent gender-based violence against women, protect victims and prosecute perpetrators.
  • Critics also claim the treaty promotes homosexuality through the use of categories like gender, sexual orientation and gender identity. They see that as a threat to Turkish families.
Source: Indian Express

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