Debates Parlamentares - Diário 015, p. 4 (2013-01-26)

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4 | - Número: 015 | 26 de Janeiro de 2013

And by the way of ratification, let me call what is happening in Portugal. The Parliament has taken two weeks to approve the proposal of the Government for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention. The President of the Republic has taken one or two days to promulgate the Convention. The Prime Minister has taken one day to referendum the Convention. An meanwhile, the National Printing institute, has taken almost one month to format the text.
This is unacceptable, that the bureaucratic calendar is overlaping the political priorities. Something is very wrong when this type of things happen.
But I have been following the route for ratification, step by step, like a watch-dog, and I am pleased to announce that publication on the Diary of the Republic is expected for next 21st this month. And then, the final stage, is the deposit of the ratification instrument in the hands of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. And even for that, we have to keep pressing officials and members of Government.
I really hope Portugal will become the first Member Estate of the European Union to complete the ratification process. And I urge all my colleagues of the Network “Women Free From Violence” to do the same, because Our new year resolution is that the Istanbul Convention enters into force in 2013.
This is not so much because we want to highlight the leading role of the Council of Europe in the area of standard setting and human rights – even though this does deserve mentioning.
This is because we believe that the Istanbul Convention can save millions of victims from discrimination, suffering, violence and death. The Istanbul Convention can CHANGE the lives of millions of women.

4. The Assembly supports the Istanbul Convention The Assembly has always supported the Istanbul Convention: – it called for such a Council of Europe Convention on violence against women during the ‘Stop domestic violence campaign’, – it actively participated in the drafting process – I was myself the Assembly representative in the CAHVIO and I am very pleased to see so many CAHVIO members amongst us today; – it supported its adoption without any further delay, and its opening to signature at the conclusion of the Turkish chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, in May 2011.

And now, at the present stage, the Assembly actively works to increase the number of signatures and ratifications.

5. The Network We have set up a specific tool to help us achieve this task: it is the Parliamentary Network “Women Free from Violence”.
This network has a long history, as it was first set up in the context of the 2006-2008 campaign.
I am proud to inform you that currently it is composed of 51 members, from the parliamentary delegations of member and observer states to the Parliamentary Assembly (including Canada and Mexico), as well as of the delegations of Partners for Democracy (Morocco and the Palestinian Legislative Council). Network members meet during Assembly sessions in Strasbourg. We discuss different aspects of the Istanbul Convention with activists, practitioners and experts.
Next week, for instance, we will organise an event in co-operation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to highlight the synergy between the Istanbul Convention and the Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees. We will listen to experts but above all to victims: one who has endured female genital mutilation and now militates against this evil, and another one who became a victim of violence while in the asylum procedure in Europe.
To explain the Convention in simple terms, the Network has produced a Handbook, which thanks to the contributions of various countries, has now been translated into 10 languages. This handbook is not only addressed to parliamentarians but to all those who want to know more about the Istanbul Convention, without being specialists in this area of law and policy.
[I totally agree with what the Director General, Mr Boillat, has said: we trust that our intensive efforts to make the Convention more widely known will convince more governments to sign it]

4 | - Número: 015 | 26 de Janeiro de 2013And by the way of ratification, let me call what is happening in Portugal. The Parliament has taken two weeks to approve the proposal of the Government for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention. The President of the Republic has taken one or two days to promulgate the Convention. The Prime Minister has taken one day to referendum the Convention. An meanwhile, the National Printing institute, has taken almost one month to format the text.
This is unacceptable, that the bureaucratic calendar is overlaping the political priorities. Something is very wrong when this type of things happen.
But I have been following the route for ratification, step by step, like a watch-dog, and I am pleased to announce that publication on the Diary of the Republic is expected for next 21st this month. And then, the final stage, is the deposit of the ratification instrument in the hands of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. And even for that, we have to keep pressing officials and members of Government.
I really hope Portugal will become the first Member Estate of the European Union to complete the ratification process. And I urge all my colleagues of the Network “Women Free From Violence” to do the same, because Our new year resolution is that the Istanbul Convention enters into force in 2013.
This is not so much because we want to highlight the leading role of the Council of Europe in the area of standard setting and human rights – even though this does deserve mentioning.
This is because we believe that the Istanbul Convention can save millions of victims from discrimination, suffering, violence and death. The Istanbul Convention can CHANGE the lives of millions of women.4. The Assembly supports the Istanbul Convention The Assembly has always supported the Istanbul Convention: – it called for such a Council of Europe Convention on violence against women during the ‘Stop domestic violence campaign’, – it actively participated in the drafting process – I was myself the Assembly representative in the CAHVIO and I am very pleased to see so many CAHVIO members amongst us today; – it supported its adoption without any further delay, and its opening to signature at the conclusion of the Turkish chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, in May 2011.And now, at the present stage, the Assembly actively works to increase the number of signatures and ratifications.5. The Network We have set up a specific tool to help us achieve this task: it is the Parliamentary Network “Women Free from Violence”.
This network has a long history, as it was first set up in the context of the 2006-2008 campaign.
I am proud to inform you that currently it is composed of 51 members, from the parliamentary delegations of member and observer states to the Parliamentary Assembly (including Canada and Mexico), as well as of the delegations of Partners for Democracy (Morocco and the Palestinian Legislative Council). Network members meet during Assembly sessions in Strasbourg. We discuss different aspects of the Istanbul Convention with activists, practitioners and experts.
Next week, for instance, we will organise an event in co-operation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to highlight the synergy between the Istanbul Convention and the Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees. We will listen to experts but above all to victims: one who has endured female genital mutilation and now militates against this evil, and another one who became a victim of violence while in the asylum procedure in Europe.
To explain the Convention in simple terms, the Network has produced a Handbook, which thanks to the contributions of various countries, has now been translated into 10 languages. This handbook is not only addressed to parliamentarians but to all those who want to know more about the Istanbul Convention, without being specialists in this area of law and policy.
[I totally agree with what the Director General, Mr Boillat, has said: we trust that our intensive efforts to make the Convention more widely known will convince more governments to sign it]

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