President ratifies domestic violence convention

President Bronisław Komorowski ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence, the media reported. "One cannot be influenced by political or electoral calculations regarding such matters, one has to side with victims, with the weak,” Komorowski said. The Senate approved the convention in early March. 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."