

Assuming its leading role in human rights protection, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted on 7 April 2011 the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. It opened for signature on 11 May 2011 on the occasion of the 121st Session of the Committee of Minister in Istanbul. The convention is the most far-reaching international treaty to tackle violence against women and domestic violence.
Assuming its leading role in human rights protection, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted on 7 April 2011 the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. It opened for signature on 11 May 2011 on the occasion of the 121st Session of the Committee of Minister in Istanbul. The convention is the most far-reaching international treaty to tackle violence against women and domestic violence.