Ukraine has ratified the Istanbul Convention
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention.
259 people's deputies voted in favor. There were only 8 votes against it.
On June 18th, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law №0157 on the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.
In 2011, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. Turkey became the first country to ratify the document. After that, 33 more countries signed the Convention.
Ukraine participated in the preparation of the Istanbul Convention against Violence, but the Verkhovna Rada has not yet ratified it. The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and some deputies opposed ratification, arguing that the convention "imposes a gender ideology".
Today it was finally ratified.
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