On May 14, 2021 upon the joint initiative of Ms Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, and the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, a Round Table (on-line format) to 10th anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) “Why ratification is important for Ukraine?” will be held.
The aim of the round table is to discuss elimination all forms of discrimination against women, promotion of real equality between women and men, the importance of Ukraine's ratification of the Istanbul Convention as well as how effective results in combating violence against women and domestic violence can be achieved.
The round table will take place the online format with simultaneous interpretation into English / Ukrainian. The event will be broadcast live on the Facebook pages of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine.
We invite everyone interested to participate.
Date: 14 May 2021
Time: 13:30 – 15:30 (EET)
It is expected that the event will be attended by:
- Dmytro RAZUMKOV, Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada
- Olga STEFANISHYNA, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
- Bjorn BERGE, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Matti MAASIKAS, EU Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine
- Anka FELDHUSEN, Ambassador of Germany to Ukraine, representative of the country-chair in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
- Olena KONDRATIUK, Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, co-Head of Inter-factional Association “For equal opportunities”
- Liudmyla DENISOVA, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
- Iryna VENEDIKTOVA, Prosecutor General
- Maryna BARDINA, Deputy Chairperson of the Committee, Chairperson of the Sub-committee on Ukraine’s Compliance with International Commitments in Human Rights Protection and Gender Policy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee
- Kateryna PAVLICHENKO, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
- Maryna HONDA, Deputy Head of the Kyiv State Administration
- Emine DZHAPAROVA, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
- Osnat LUBRANI, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator
- Kateryna LEVCHENKO, Government Commissioner on Gender Policy
- Sergiy SHKARLET, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
- Maria MEZENTSEVA, Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine’s Integration to the EU, head of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE
- Tobias THYBERG, Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine
- Kateryna CHEREPAKHA, President of NGO La Strada
Moderator: Steen NØRLOV, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine
Reference: The Council of Europe opened the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) for signing in May 2011. Ukraine, among 17 other European countries, joined the Istanbul Convention in November 2011.
The Istanbul Convention is the international "gold standard" for protecting women against all forms of violence, including domestic violence. Nowadays, the Convention is the most far-reaching international legal text on the issue to date and it’s used as a basis for action by many countries in and outside Europe.
The Convention proposes a comprehensive approach to preventing and combating violence against women, including measures to prevent and protect victims of violence, investigation of cases of violence at the appropriate level, and prosecution and conviction of perpetrators of such violence. In addition, the Convention establishes an effective mechanism for providing assistance and protection to victims of domestic violence.
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