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  Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill - Clause 1 - Ratification of the Istanbul Convention on Violence Against Women
  
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  @ MP voted aye against ratifying a European convention aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
  @ MP voted no in favour of ratifying a European convention aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
  
  
  The majority of MPs against ratifying a European convention aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
  
  MPs were considering the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment: 1, page 1, line 1, leave out clause 1.
  
  Clause 1 of the Bill was titled ''Ratification of the Istanbul Convention on violence against women'' and stated:
  
  :It shall be the duty of Her Majestyâs Government to take all reasonable steps as soon as reasonably practicable to enable the United Kingdom to become compliant with [https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168008482e the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, Treaty no. 210] (the âIstanbul Conventionâ).
  
  The convention contains the following clauses, among others:
  
  * Parties shall take the necessary legislative and other measures to promote and protect the right for everyone, particularly women, to live free from violence in both the public and the private sphere.
  
  *Parties condemn all forms of discrimination against women and take, without delay, the necessary legislative and other measures to prevent it, in particular by:
  
  *âembodying in their national constitutions or other appropriate legislation the principle of equality between women and men and ensuring the practical realisation of this principle;
  
  *âprohibiting discrimination against women, including through the use of sanctions, where appropriate;
  
  *âabolishing laws and practices which discriminate against women
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/preventingandcombatingviolenceagainstwomenanddomesticviolence.html Parliament's webpage on the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill]
  [2] [https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2016-2017/0012/cbill_2016-20170012_en_2.htm#l1g1 Clause 1 of the Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
  
  
  
  
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