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Council of Europe’s expert group on violence against women visits refugee reception facility in Denmark

A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) carried out an evaluation visit to Denmark from 1 to 5 May 2017. To evaluate the conditions of women asylum-seekers, the GREVIO delegation visited the refugee reception facility in Sandholm. Meetings with civil society and NGOs included representatives of specialist support services, which offer counselling to victims of domestic violence, stalking, rape, forced marriage and female genital mutilation, as well as lawyers, health professionals, media and the national institute for human rights. GREVIO has only recently launched its first evaluation of the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence. Denmark is the fourth state party to undergo the evaluation procedure. GREVIO plans to publish its evaluation report before the end of 2017.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DIVISION/GREVIO
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