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Published on 22 August 2023

Istanbul Convention

The Istanbul Convention is a Council of Europe convention that protects women and girls from various forms of violence. The Convention came into force in Switzerland on 1 April 2018. The Federal Office for Gender Equality (FOGE) is the national coordination body for implementation of the Istanbul Convention. In 2022, with the Swiss National Action Plan for the implementation of the Istanbul Convention, concrete measures were defined by the Confederation, the cantons and the communes..