Istanbul Convention
Action against violence against women and domestic violence

The Platform of Independent Expert Mechanisms on Discrimination and Violence against Women (EDVAW Platform) gathers seven United Nations and regional independent expert mechanisms on violence against women and women’s rights operating at the international and regional levels, including GREVIO.

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From left to right : Ambassador Domenik Wanger, Ambassador Marie Fontanel, Ambassador Nina Nordstrom, Ambassador Briefne O'Reilly.

11th meeting of the Committee of the Parties to the Istanbul Convention

The Committee of the Parties to the Istanbul convention is holding its 11th meeting, on 7 December 2021 (hybrid).

During the morning session the Committee, elected its new bureau, composed of : 

 Marie Fontanel, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of France elected as Chair;
 Domenik Wanger, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein, elected as First Vice-Chair; 
 Andrej Slapnicar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Slovenia, as Second Vice-Chair

List of decisions

Pause, take stock and capitalise on the wealth of observations and findings that have been issued by GREVIO in its baseline evaluation reports: this is the achievement of the mid-term horizontal review