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Meetings with National Parliaments - Inter-parliamentary meeting - The Istanbul Convention - 21-11-2017 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 29-11-2017 05:13 PM CET Following the tradition to celebrate the International Day for the elimination of Violence against Women, the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality proposes this year to bring together European and National Parliamentarians around the theme: "The Istanbul Convention: combating violence against women at national and EU level". The aim of the inter-parliamentary Committee meeting (ICM) is to assess what is the state of the ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention at EU and national levels and how it is being monitored by GREVIO. The event is taking place in a year that the EU is especially devoting to prevent and combat violence against women. The signature by the EU of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention) has been the major milestone of 2017 in the common task of fighting gender-based violence. Location : Brussels Further information Draft Programme ICM 21.11.2017 Thematic Digest Istanbul Convention The Istanbul Convention: A tool to tackle violence against women and girls (EPRS) Challenges to women's human rights in the EU (FRA) Study on Violence against women and EU accession to the Istanbul convention (Policy department C) Power point presentation: Blandine Mollard, EIGE Power point presentation: Eva Pastrana, Council of Europe Power point presentation: Jacqui Hunt, Equality Now Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Highlights - The European Protection Order (EPO) - Consideration of the draft report -28.11.2017 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 29-11-2017 05:08 PM CET The EPO Directive is a judicial co-operation tool based on the principle of mutual recognition, which means that protection orders issued in one Member State have to be recognized and enforced in another Member State. One of the main challenges in the application of this instrument is to ensure that the protection of victims is not hampered by the diversity of national measures. The draft implementation report whose co-rapporteurs are Ms Jiménez Becerril (EPP, Spain) on behalf of FEMM, and Ms Soraya Post (S&D, Sweden) on behalf of LIBE, was presented in a joint meeting with LIBE committee and includes a general assessment of the implementation of the directive and recommendations to improve it, including proposals for a coherent EU legal framework protecting victims. Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111