EU ratifies Istanbul Convention

Secretary General of the Council of Eure Marija Pejčinović Burić said this on Twitter, Ukrinform reports.

"I welcome today’s ratification by the EU of the Council of Eure. Convention on preventing and combating vience against women and domestic vience, known as “Istanbul Convention”: a very good day for Eure," Marija Pejčinović Burić wrote.

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As reported, the Istanbul Convention entered into force in April 2014. The EU signed it on June 13, 2017. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the Istanbul Convention on June 20, 2022.

On June 1, the EU Council decided to join the Istanbul Convention.