The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) is the most comprehensive international agreement dealing with these serious human rights violations. It aims at zero tolerance for such violence, and the cornerstones are the prevention of violence primarily in the form of promoting gender equality in society, as well as the protection of victims and the prosecution of perpetrators. Opinions on the Convention differ not only from the lay public but also from the professional public. To analyse the possible effects of the ratification of the Istanbul Convention on divorce proceedings in the Czech Republic. Research strategy of documents of the Government Office of the Czech Republic – Department for Gender Equality, documents of the European agency EIGE, decisions of the monitoring body GREVIO, and other available academic publications. In terms of legislation, the Czech Republic fulfils everything required by the Istanbul Convention and, on a short-term basis, ratification will not have any significant influence on divorce proceedings. However, based on the analysis of European documents and the GREVIO decisions, it can be stated that there is not sufficient assurance that it will not give women an unfair advantage in the future – and it may negatively affect the use of interdisciplinary cooperation within the framework of Cochem practice. The Czech Government Office’s Action Plan for the Prevention of Domestic and Gender-Based Violence for 2019–2022 already uses the Istanbul Convention as one of the sources of inspiration, although it does not anticipate its ratification. The Action Plan also deals with divorce proceedings.
- Klíčová slova
- istanbulská úmluva,
- MeSH
- bité ženy * MeSH
- domácí násilí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- násilí mezi partnery MeSH
- násilí na základě genderu MeSH
- násilí MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH