Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention, is an issue that is not only relevant in Ukraine, but is already overripe and required an immediate solution. Therefore, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill on its ratification.

Convention proposes to criminalize violence against women and to define punishment. Now in Ukraine there are a number of articles of the Criminal Code, but they are not described so widely and in detail.. In addition, the document provides for protection mechanisms for both women and men subjected to domestic violence..

Ratification of the Istanbul Convention will allow Council of Europe experts to control how Ukraine fulfills its obligations. In turn, Ukraine will be able to demand greater responsibility for offenders of Ukrainian citizens abroad, as well as bringing to justice Ukrainian offenders hiding abroad..

The Istanbul Protocol contains recommendations for effective medical, legal, psychological and psychiatric recording of the consequences of torture, cruel or degrading treatment. This protocol also gives a detailed description of the codes of ethics in the relevant areas..

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Ukraine participated in the preparation of the Istanbul Convention against Violence, but has not yet ratified it. Ratification was systematically opposed by the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and some people's deputies, who argued that the convention "

" - The Istanbul Convention is about preventing all forms of violence against women and about equality between women and men.

This is a very important document.! Without it, Ukrainian women cannot feel fully protected and equal.. Without it, full responsibility for all forms of violence (psychological, physical, sexual and economic) is impossible..

Without it, every time a new official in some structure will think of something about equality, responding to violence is a strategic document"

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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 "