Domestic violence convention approved by the Senate
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The Senate of Poland approved the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence on Thursday. As many as 49 senators voted for, while 39 were against. One senator abstained. The president of Poland has 21 days to ratify or to reject the act.
The Sejm voted on February 6 in favor of adopting the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence. According to the EU official website “the convention opens the path for creating a legal framework at the pan-European level to protect women against all forms of violence, and prevent, prosecute and eliminate violence against women and domestic violence."
