When fulfilling pre-election commitments, we move from words to deeds, said the Minister of Justice and the Public Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro at the press conference. He informed that his ministry will submit a request to terminate the Istanbul Convention on counteracting domestic violence.
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The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (known as the Anti-Violence Convention or the Istanbul Convention) aims to protect women from all forms of violence and discrimination. The document assumes, inter alia, that there is a link between violence and unequal treatment and that violence cannot be justified by tradition or religion.
Poland signed the convention in December 2012 and ratified it in 2015.
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Ziobro: we will request the denunciation of the Istanbul Convention
– Fulfilling the pre-election obligations, we are moving from words to deeds and we will submit a formal application to the family ministry to terminate the so-called Istanbul Convention – said Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro at a press conference.
As he explained, “the ministry that I had to manage, but also the prosecutor’s office, have done a lot over the years to show that the fight against violence against women is our priority.” – By introducing changes to the law on the police, the gendarmerie act, the Penal Code, the Code of Petty Offenses, we did it in a way free from ideology, and focused on protecting women and children who are subject to this type of aggression – he said.