14/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - It will take time to ratify the Istanbul Convention. On Monday 14 March, Belgium ratified the Council of Europe convention on preventing and tackling violence against women. At present, only thirteen member states have ratified the convention, which opened for signature in May 2011. Twelve have actually signed it. The convention is the first binding international instrument for the prevention of domestic violence and violence against women, for the protection of...