IBAHRI condemns Poland`s planned withdrawal from treaty protecting women from violence
(World News Cezch Republic)

The International Bar Association`s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemns the Polish government`s 25 July 2020 decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention - a landmark European treaty that is the world`s first binding legal instrument to prevent and address violence against women and girls, including rape. The treaty explicitly covers: all engagement in non-consensual acts of a sexual nature with a person; psychological and physical violence; female genital mutilation; forced marriage; forced abortion; and forced sterilisation. IBAHRI Co-Chair and former Justice of the High Court of Australia (1996 - 2006), the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG stated: `We condemn Poland`s planned withdrawal...