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Book SynopsisThis Commentary provides the first comprehensive and holistic analysis of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention). It offers a complete article-by-article guide to the Convention with reference to the explanatory report, the findings of the monitoring body (GREVIO) and relevant State practice.
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- Contributions from more than 50 leading international academics and practitioners in the field.
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- A set of thematic chapters dwelling on crucial issues such as intersectionality, reproductive rights, and cyber violence.
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- Analyses of the content of each article against the background of relevant international documents such as the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women.
This Commentary will be a vital resource for academics and researchers focused on preventing and countering violence against women, whether in the fields of public international law, gender studies, feminist legal studies, criminal law, or European law. Interdisciplinary in perspective and
intersectional in approach, lawyers, judges, state officials, policymakers and providers of victim support services will find the Commentary’s analysis an invaluable tool for the implementation of the Istanbul Convention.
Trade Review‘This book provides a masterful overview of the Istanbul Convention, with its article-by-article commentaries, critical assessments of its strength and weaknesses, and comparisons with other -- legal regimes to combat violence against women. Taken as a whole, this book clarifies and illuminates, and is a necessary resource for anyone working in this area.’– Rebecca J. Cook, University of Toronto, Canada
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword xxxiii Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin Foreword xxxvi Dubravka Šimonović Introduction to Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence 1 Sara De Vido and Micaela Frulli SECTION I THE ISTANBUL CONVENTION: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXTUALIZATION A The Istanbul Convention from an Intersectional Perspective 5 Lorena Sosa and Ruth Maria Mestre i Mestre B The Istanbul Convention in Times of Emergency 22 Deborah Russo C The Istanbul Convention through the Lens of the Americas and Africa 34 Rosa Celorio D The Possibilities of the Regional Human Rights Mechanism for Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights to be Free from Violence: The Asian case 50 Yoko Hayashi E Embracing Gender Parity at International and European Level 62 Elisa Fornalè SECTION II COMMENTARY ARTICLE BY ARTICLE P The Preamble 75 Laura Candiotto CHAPTER I PURPOSES, DEFINITIONS, EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION, GENERAL OBLIGATIONS 1 Purposes of the Convention 85 Sara De Vido and Micaela Frulli 2 Scope of the Convention 95 Micaela Frulli 3 Definitions 108 Victor Manuel Merino-Sancho 4 Fundamental rights, equality and non-discrimination 123 Lourdes Maria Peroni 5 State obligations and due diligence 136 Alice Ollino 6 Gender-sensitive policies 147 Lourdes Maria Peroni CHAPTER II INTEGRATED POLICIES AND DATA COLLECTION 7 Comprehensive and co-ordinated policies 154 Marina Calloni and Daniela Belliti 8 Financial resources 164 Francesca Cerulli 9 Non-governmental organizations and civil society 175 Enzamaria Tramontana 10 Co-ordinating body 185 Sara Dal Monico 11 Data collection and research 195 Biljana Brankovic CHAPTER III PREVENTION 12 General obligations 212 Marcella Ferri 13 Awareness-raising 224 Mathias M.schel 14 Education 235 Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska 15 Training of professionals 246 Albena Koycheva 16 Preventive intervention and treatment programmes 256 Cristina Oddone 17 Participation of the private sector and the media 268 Federico Faloppa CHAPTER IV PROTECTION AND SUPPORT 18 General obligations 285 Alice Riccardi 19 Information 298 Gema Fern.ndez Rodr.guez de Li.vana and Keina Yoshida 20 General support services 310 22 Specialist support services 23 Shelters 24 Telephone helplines 25 Support for victims of sexual violence Bonita Meyersfeld and Francesca Sironi De Gregorio 21 Assistance in individual/collective complaints 333 Lisa Gormley 26 Protection and support for child witnesses 339 31 Custody, visitation rights and safety Elisabetta Bergamini and Laura Lizzi 27 Reporting 356 28 Reporting by professionals Chiara Angiolini CHAPTER V SUBSTANTIVE LAW 29 Civil lawsuits and remedies 366 Marc Julien Pichard 30 Compensation 374 Sara De Vido 32 Civil consequences of forced marriages 385 Angelica Bonfanti 33 Psychological violence 395 35 Physical violence Barbara Giovanna Bello 34 Stalking 423 Leonie Steinl 36 Sexual violence, including rape 432 Ludovica Poli 37 Forced marriage 447 Chiara Ragni 38 Female genital mutilation 458 Ruth Maria Mestre i Mestre 39 Forced abortion and forced sterilisation 470 Daniela Alaattinoğlu 40 Sexual harassment 481 Valeria Tevere 41 Aiding or abetting and attempt 495 Piergiuseppe Parisi 42 Unacceptable justifications for crimes, including crimes committed in the name of so-called ‘honour’ 503 Sital Kalantry and Shireen Moti 43 Application of criminal offenses 512 Rachel Behring and Boris Burghardt 44 Jurisdiction 524 Elena Carpanelli 45 Sanctions and Measures 538 Kalika Mehta 46 Aggravating circumstances 548 Luca Poltronieri Rossetti 47 Sentences passed by another Party 559 Luca Poltronieri Rossetti 48 Prohibition of mandatory alternative dispute resolution processes or sentencing 568 Marc Julien Pichard CHAPTER VI INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION, PROCEDURAL LAW AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES 49 General obligations 577 Johanna Niemi 50 Immediate response, prevention and protection 585 Johanna Niemi 51 Risk assessment and risk management 590 Piergiuseppe Parisi 52 Emergency barring orders 600 53 Restraining or protection orders Johanna Niemi 54 Investigations and evidence 610 Arianna Vettorel 55 Ex parte and ex officio proceedings 620 Ana Montesinos Garc.a and Isabel Maravall-Buckwalter 56 Measures of protection 630 Ana Montesinos Garc.a and Isabel Maravall-Buckwalter 57 Legal aid 642 Lucia Parlato 58 Statute of limitation 654 Piergiuseppe Parisi CHAPTER VII MIGRATION AND ASYLUM 59 Residence status 661 Vladislava Stoyanova 60 Gender-based asylum claims 672 Fulvia Staiano 61 Non-refoulement 681 Anne Lagerwall and Mona Aviat CHAPTER VIII INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION 62 General principles 696 63 Measures relating to persons at risk 64 Information Ester di Napoli and Francesca Maoli 65 Data protection 716 Alessandro Bernes CHAPTER IX MONITORING MECHANISM 66 Group of experts on action against violence against women and domestic violence 728 67 Committee of the Parties 68 Procedure 69 General recommendations 70 Parliamentary involvement in monitoring Ronagh McQuigg 70A Locating GREVIO in the realm of international and regional human rights monitoring mechanisms 755 Martina Buscemi CHAPTER X RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS 71 Relationship with other international instruments 771 Sara De Vido CHAPTER XI AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION 72 Amendments 780 Wojciech Burek CHAPTER XII FINAL CLAUSES 73 Effects of this Convention 789 Alexandra David 74 Dispute settlement 798 Alexandra David 75 Signature and entry into force 804 76 Accession to the Convention 804 Eug.nie d’Ursel 76A Israel’s (Possible) Accession to the Istanbul Convention 821 Ruth Halperin-Kaddari 77 Territorial application 824 Eugénie d’Ursel 78 Reservations 830 79 Validity and review of reservations Wojciech Burek 80 Denunciation 846 81 Notification Karolina Prażmowska 80A A Tale of the Opposites: Denunciation and Implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Turkey 858 Aslıhan Tekin SECTION III CRITICAL ASSESSMENTS OF SHORTCOMINGS OF THE ISTANBUL CONVENTION: SELECTED ISSUES F Smart-locking up women: Internet of Things (IoT) perpetration in domestic violence 864 Adriane van der Wilk G Prostitution: A Missed Opportunity? 878 Elisa Camiscioli H Sexual and reproductive health rights in the Istanbul Convention: An inadequate approach? 888 Lucía Berro Pizzarossa
