Parliament not to ratify the Istanbul Convention

The opposition LMP party on Thursday submitted a proposal to parliament, calling for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention against violence against women.

LMP lawmaker Krisztina Hohn told an online press conference marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women that Hungary’s parliament had for years “failed to incorporate the convention into the Hungarian legal system, despite its important elements on prevention of domestic violence and victim protection.” More stringent punishments for such cases, as enshrined in criminal law, fail to meet their mark, as domestic violence often remains undisclosed, she said.

The lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic have exacerbated the problem, Hohn said, and

called on politicians to strengthen the social signalling systems, as well as on private citizens to come forward if they witness domestic violence.

Hungarian-Polish initiative against Istanbul Convention raised 60K signatures

The European Commission will put forward a draft directive on combatting violence against women early next year, based on the objectives of the Istanbul Convention, Helena Dalli, the EU commissioner for equality, said at the European Parliament’s plenary session on Thursday. The debate focused on women’s rights on the occasion of the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women designated by the United Nations in 2000.

Addressing the debate, Lívia Járóka, vice president of the European Parliament, said that while eliminating violence against women is a common goal, requiring from member states a mandatory application of the Istanbul Convention will be divisive as it contains ideologically driven elements that are unacceptable to conservative Christian communities.

Járóka, an MEP of ruling Fidesz, said in a press release that “Hungary ratified in May 2011 all the provisions of the Council of Europe’s convention on combating and

preventing violence against women and domestic violence that truly concern women and are for women”.

“Hungary is fighting for the elimination of violence! We believe in deeds, rather than in the ratification of documents,” she said.

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Source: MTI

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5 Comments

Mario says:

26/11/2021 at 07:44

I am not surprised that the Fidesz gang refuses to ratify a convention whose aim is fighting violence against women. Just another shameful action commited by a shameful party. Nothing new.
Hungary is getting more and more backward country.
István says:

26/11/2021 at 11:06

Clean up your own mess.
Robert Fulghum

Stop pushing the LGBTQ perversion because it is a great threat to girls’ and women’s rights.
In America, KQBTQ perverts destroyed girls’ and women’s rights. We will not let that happen in Hungary.
Kati says:

26/11/2021 at 16:10

So ‘conservative Christian communities’ condone violence against women. Very Christian. I am sure that battered wives will be eternally grateful for the support that the Church (almost entirely run by men) has given them.
István says:

27/11/2021 at 04:26

LGBTQ is much like the anti-Hungarian, far-left, globalist, communist coalition.
Every member of the coalition is justly characterized by the brutal, bloody past of DK ruled by the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang. Their huge wealth is derived from Dobrev’s grandfather, Apró Antal organizing and ordering the brutal murder of a thousand Hungarian patriots, men, women and children in front of the Parliament. The bloody atrocities ordered by Gyurcsány on the 50th anniversary of Hungarian uprising follows the example set by Dobrev’s grandfather.
None of the coalition members can break free from the Gyurcsány-Dobrev-Apró gang’s monstrous past. We didn’t force them into this shameful coalition. They choose it.
It is the same with LGBTQ activists and their supporters. It is not the normal society that lumped gays and lesbians with the TRANS perverts brutalizing, raping young girls and women is the decadent West. They chose this anti-women association.
Girls’ athletic competition is destroyed by burly TRANS boys beating up little girls. Schools are especially dangerous for young girls who get raped by TRANS boys that get free access to girls’ rest rooms and showers.
Prisons are made especially brutal for women who are locked-up with TRANS perverts that rape and abuse them. It happens right now in the decadent West in the name of gender-equality gone crazy. My heart bleeds for America and don’t want it to happen to Hungarian girls and women.
Hungarian laws protect our girls and women and every member of our society. We don’t want the Istanbul Convention to destroy the rights and safety of Hungarian girls and women.
mariavontheresa says:

29/11/2021 at 00:51

Hungary already has laws protecting LGBT members against violence and discrimination. Hungary does not need to sign another useless agreement. Actions speak better than useless agreements.