Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 14908 | 25 June 2019

The Istanbul Convention on violence against women: achievements and challenges

Signatories: Ms Stella CREASY, United Kingdom, SOC ; Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Vernon COAKER, United Kingdom, SOC ; Baroness Doreen MASSEY, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Kerry McCARTHY, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Carina OHLSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Lord Don TOUHIG, United Kingdom, SOC

Origin - 2019 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 5, insert the following paragraph:

"The Councill of Europe reminds the United Kingdom to recognise that upholding the human rights of all women in the UK requires ensuring ratification and implementation of all the policies in all nations of the UK, including those which are devolved, and that ratification cannot be considered to have happened if any of these nations is excluded."