The Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence comes into force in Ireland today. Image: Shutterstock/l i g h t p o e t The Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence comes into force in Ireland today. Image: Shutterstock/l i g h t p o e t TODAY MARKS THE entry into force in Ireland of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
Ireland, which signed the convention three years ago, became the 34th Council of Europe Member State out of 47 to ratify the Convention. The Commission is calling for data collection on violence against women is currently lacking. It states that data collection must be made more robust if the State is to understand the nature and scale of the issue.
It added that the overall the protection of women from violence should be central to immigration reform.