Valentina Rita SCOTTI

Notwithstanding the State’s evident commitment at the moment of its ratification in 2012, the substance of the Istanbul Convention (IC) has been progressively challenged in Turkey. The IC, which aims to prevent and combat domestic violence and violence against women, includes fundamental definitions of controversial concepts…

Katarzyna SĘKOWSKA-KOZŁOWSKA

The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (hereafter: Istanbul Convention or Convention) was ratified by Poland in 2015, just a few months before the present ruling party – Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) took power. The ratification of the Convention was “a farewell gift”…

Julia KAPELAŃSKA-PRĘGOWSKA

Poland ratified the Istanbul Convention (IC) on 27 April 2015, and submitted its first report to the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) on 26 March 2020. However, just 5 years after ratification…

Tímea DRINÓCZI and Lídia BALOGH

In this blog post, whilst we focus on Hungary, we plan to expand our horizons beyond the non-ratification of the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention by Hungary. What you need to know at this point is…

Agnieszka BIEŃ-KACAŁA

‘Gender’ seems to be a word that, in the imagination of populists, allows them to push their agenda. Moreover, this word stokes the fury of populists and ignites a defense of nationalistic…

Valentina Rita SCOTTI, Janaina PENALVA and Irene SPIGNO

Back in 2018, during the IACL World Congress in Seoul, we realized that throughout the program several speeches touched gender-related issues but only a single panel was explicitly focused on them…