Strasbourg. 17.09.2014 - The international conference Safe from Fear, Safe from Violence: Celebrating the entry into force of the Istanbul Convention (Rome, Friday 19th September, 10 am, Aula Gruppi parlamentari, via Campo di Marzio, 78), is an event co-organised by the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation and the Council of Europe.
The conference will be opened by the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini, together with Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General Gabriella Battaini Dragoni, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Anne Brasseur and Italian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova. Gabriella Battaini Dragoni and Italian Minister of Justice, Andrea Orlando will close the last session.
The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS n° 210) is the first legally binding international instrument for the creation of a legal framework protection against all forms of gender-based violence. The Convention, which entered into force on 1st August 2014, has currently been ratified by 14 member states of the Council of Europe and another 22 States have signed it.
Извор: Совет на Европа – 17.09.2014
