The “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, better known as the Istanbul Convention – as many commentators point out – has little to do with genuine efforts to tackle violence.

The controversial Convention delimits the concept of sex understood as sex (biological) and gender (socio-cultural). Furthermore, traditional family and religion are being depicted as an environment of domestic violence.

According to Slovak MPs, by changing the definition of marriage, it strikes at its constitutional significance as a relationship between a woman and a man. Slovakia was one of the first countries to sign the Istanbul Convention in 2013, but it has not ratified it.

On February 25, 2020, the National Council (Slovak Parliament) finally rejected this ideological document. The voting took place a few days before the parliamentary elections scheduled for Saturday, February 29, 2020. Known for her liberal views, President Zuzana Czaputova announced that she would respect the parliament’s decision.

Source: pch24.pl