Several thousand people protested against the vote, and it is now up to the president to decide the next step.
Some 32 Latvian lawmakers voted to stay in the pact of the Council of Europe that opposes violence against women, while 56 ...
Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to quit an international treaty aimed at combating violence against women, after a ...
Latvia will have to uphold protection rules for women even if it quits the Istanbul Convention in a divisive move seen as ...
The Istanbul Convention is a treaty of the Council of Europe that opposes violence against women. The ballot saw 56 Latvian ...
Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to withdraw the Baltic country from a treaty on preventing violence against women, ...
Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on preventing violence against women, claiming ...
The Latvian Parliament has voted to withdraw from a European treaty supporting women who are victims of violence ...
Lawmakers voted to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention just a year after it came into force, with the move awaiting ...