31/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – Moldova ratified, on Monday 31 January, the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, which has been in force since 2014. It had signed the text in 2017, but a political crisis later blocked its ratification. The issue progressed after the July 2021 parliamentary elections. This is the 35th ratification of the Istanbul Convention. At this stage, 10 of the 47 Council of Europe member...