Istanbul Convention statement from the USA

US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price made a statement regarding the Istanbul Convention, from which Turkey officially left yesterday, and said it was “great disappointment”.
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Updated: 08:14, 02/07/2021

Istanbul Convention statement from the USA

US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said that Turkey’s departure from the Istanbul Convention was a “great disappointment”.

Price said this move would undermine international efforts to end violence against women.

While thousands of people took to the streets to protest the decision to withdraw from the agreement yesterday in Turkey, Ankara’s exit from the agreement drew reaction from its Western allies.

SIGNED IN 2011

The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, which was opened for signature in Istanbul on 11 May 2011 (in short, the Istanbul Convention), entered into force on 1 August 2014.

The Convention, which is the first European convention specifically targeting violence against women and girls and domestic violence, has been ratified by 20 member states of the Council of Europe, including Turkey.

Turkey signed the Convention on 11 May 2011, when it was opened for signature, and ratified it on 14 March 2012.

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