PANEL III: The Istanbul Convention – Objectives and Implementation

Coordinated efforts - Toward new European standards in protection of women from

gender based violence

Autonomous Women’s Center (AWC), BelgradeVanja Macanovic

Europe Aid/132438/C/ACT/Multi

This project is funded by the European Union.

Project partners and associates

Framework for the Action

Integrating framework for partnership strategy - the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (2011).

Developed a joint strategy that will contribute to the establishment of a comprehensive and coherent legislative and policy solution for VAW in the Western Balkans (WB).

The strategy should speed up the processes of:

(a) ratification of the new CoE Convention (b) harmonisation of national laws and policies with the

provisions of the CoE Convention (c) full implementation of the CoE Convention at the

national and local level.

Prerequisite for all this is that women's CSOs and networks in the WB region develop capacities for active participation in state-civil society dialogue in order to achieve a significant impact on the countries towards reaching the goals and the purpose of the CoE Convention.

Activities

on the regional level: Mutual unique campaign methodology for the baseline study common indicators for monitoring

implementation of the CoE Convention provisions

a joint proposal for a unique administrative database on VAW

on the national level: advocacy activities

Activities

on the local level: monitoring the institutional response to

VAW and social inclusion of women from vulnerable groups

advocating for the improvement of local policies and practices

First regional activity

Mutual Unique Campaign

I sign.orgPotpisujem.orgPodpisem.org

Potpisuvam.orgIchunterstutze.org

Second regional activity

Regional Conference for stake holdersNovember 10th, 2013

- CoE Special Rapporteur on VAW- Representative of the EU parliament- MP’s/Ministers, Gender bodies from all 6

countries- 29 Women’s organizations from 6

countries

Third regional activity

Baseline study

Chapter I – Purposes, definitions, equality and non discrimination, general obligations (art. 3, 5)

Chapter II - Integrated polices and data collection Chapter III – Prevention (art. 15, 16) Chapter IV – Protection and support Chapter V – Substantive law Chapter VI – Investigation, prosecution, procedural law

and protective measures Chapter VII – Migration and asylum 

Thank you for your attention!

Autonomous Women’s Centre, Serbiadobre_prakse@azc.org.rs www.womenngo.org.rs