Istanbul Convention On Women's Rights

EDM number 867 in 2014-15, proposed by Eilidh Whiteford on 12/03/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Crimes of violence, EU law and treaties and Human rights.

That this House calls on governments across Europe to ratify the Istanbul Convention on Women's Rights; believes the Convention to be an influential tool to tackle violence which affects the lives of millions of women in Europe; further believes that countries which ratify the treaty have an obligation to support victims of violence; notes a report by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency stating that one in three women across the 28 EU Member States has suffered physical violence since the age of 15; and calls on the UK Government to commit to women's human rights by ratifying the Istanbul Convention.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.