Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a deputy from the Holos party, said that the Verkhovna Rada supported the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Ukraine with 259 votes in favor.. He announced this on his Telegram channel.

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Non-fractional - 5.

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Ukraine for 10 years was unable to ratify the Istanbul Convention - a document leading to a life free from violence. The EU has repeatedly called on Ukraine to ratify the Istanbul Convention. During this time, 3.5 presidents and 4 convocations of the Verkhovna Rada have changed in our country, who did not find the courage to protect their own citizens from violence.

The Delegation of the European Union, the EU Advisory Mission and the Office of the Council of Europe in Ukraine called on the Ukrainian authorities to implement all the provisions of the current legislation, strengthen the system of measures and responses to domestic violence, strengthen capacity building on these issues and stop the negative attitude towards the mentioned issues among the authorities.

It remains to be seen how many perpetrators of crimes remain unpunished, and victims without a chance for compensation.. Read more in the article by Elena Podolyan " U.A..

About what measures the state takes against domestic violence, and whether everything works as little as possible, read in the article by Olga Chekis "