Latvia will have to uphold protection rules for women even if it quits the Istanbul Convention in a divisive move seen as ...

Some 32 Latvian lawmakers voted to stay in the pact of the Council of Europe that opposes violence against women, while 56 ...

Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to quit an international treaty aimed at combating violence against women, after a ...

Several thousand people protested against the vote, and it is now up to the president to decide the next step.

The Istanbul Convention is a treaty of the Council of Europe that opposes violence against women. The ballot saw 56 Latvian ...

Lawmakers voted to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention just a year after it came into force, with the move awaiting ...

Responding to the Latvian parliament’s vote to leave the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence ...

Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on preventing violence against women, claiming ...

Latvian parliament have voted to withdraw from an international accord aimed at protecting women from violence after a long ...

Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to withdraw the Baltic country from a treaty on preventing violence against women, ...

Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) denounced Latvia's plan to leave the Istanbul Convention, calling it the wrong course ...

Latvia’s parliament voted to exit an international convention that combats violence against women, in a push by right-wing parties which claim the treaty promotes LGBTQ rights in the Baltic nation.