The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, which Roustam Badassian, Armenian Minister of Justice referred the issue to in July 2019, stated that "no provisions of the Istanbul Convention can be considered contrary to the [Armenian] Constitution", in an opinion delivered on Friday 11 October.
The issue goes beyond the case of Armenia alone, as several other Council of Europe member states - some of whom are also members of the European Union - are challenging this Convention to prevent...