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Appendix 2 – Synoptic table of the commitments undertaken by Council of Europe member States

under the COMMIT initiative (summary)

(open)

CountryChange to national policy/legislation on violence

against women and related areasIstanbul Convention

Albania

Better implementation of criminal code; improving access to

justice; Training for law-enforcement officers; awareness-

raising and education campaigns.

Austria Gender responsive budgeting. Commitment to ratify

Belgium

Implementing more than 120 new measures to fight against

various forms of violence against women, including intimate

partner violence, forced marriage, female genital mutilation,

honour-related violence; efforts to improve the co-ordination

of different services in addressing intimate partner violence;

focus on young people and awareness raising.

Commitment to ratify and

implement

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

Devising a strategy to implement the Istanbul Convention;

implementing the UN Security Council Resolution 1325

through the Action Plan for the Implementation of UN

Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security

Commitment to implement

Denmark Focus on girls and young women; reducing domestic

violence; addressing root causes and awareness raising.

Finland

Reforming legislation on sexual offences; Implementing the

Cross-Sectoral Action Plan to reduce violence against

women

Commitment to ratify

France

Launching a national anti-violence strategy (including a

public awareness campaign, education and a professional

training programme); creating a dedicated national body to

monitor the progress of the gender-based violence

response programme.

Commitment to ratify

Georgia

Georgia intends to maintain and strengthen its efforts to

prevent and combat domestic violence by carrying out

national awareness-raising campaigns to stop domestic

violence, promptly responding to reports on violence coming

through specially established hotlines, providing victims with

shelter facilities, and ensuring the safety of whistle-blowers,

among other measures. Georgia will actively continue

implementing the National Action Plan regarding Resolution

1325 and other relevant resolutions of the UN Security

Council on “Women, Peace and Security”, which, inter alia,

envisages an increase of women’s participation in security

sector decision-making and their further empowerment in

this regard.

Commitment to sign

Germany

Improving data collection; establishing a national hotline to

report violence against women; developing a concept to

evaluate measures to prevent violence against women;

developing a National Action Plan to implement the UN

Security Council Resolution 1325.

Commitment to ratify and

implement