Strasbourg, 28/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - A decisive step was taken last week as, thanks to its ratification by Andorra on 23 April, the Council of Europe's Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence will become applicable on 1 August of this year.
Also known as the Istanbul Convention, this text, which was adopted in May 2011 and signed by 32 countries, now has the 10 ratifications required for its application in the countries which have approved...