Ukraine has officially completed the ratification of the Istanbul Convention and sent respective documents to Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Bjorn Berge.
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric has welcomed this fact.
“I warmly welcome Ukraine’s deposit today of the instrument of ratification of the Istanbul Convention. Ukraine is the 36th state party to this landmark treaty,” she said on Twitter on Monday.
The document will enter into force on November 1, 2022.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday signed the law on ratification of the Istanbul Convention, adopted by Parliament on Monday.
“Signed! The Law on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention. Its main content is simple, but extremely important. This is an obligation to protect women from violence and various forms of discrimination,” the head of state wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
