US EditionEstonian Parliament Responds to Latvia's Possible Istanbul Convention Exit
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‘Cynical and completely reckless’ Latvia has the highest femicide rate in Europe — including Russia. Its parliament just voted to exit a treaty protecting women from violence.
In September 2025, a right-wing populist party in Latvia introduced legislation to withdraw the country from the Istanbul Convention, a key international treaty aimed at protecting women from violence. In the lead-up to the vote, thousands of people took to the streets of Riga in protest, a petition against the bill garnered more than 22,000 signatures, and over a dozen European countries urged the parliament to reconsider. Nonetheless, a majori…
57 members of the Riigikogu from the Reform Party, Estonia 200, Social Democratic Party (SDE), Centre Party and Isamaa factions or MPs cooperating with them have joined a statement confirming their support for the Istanbul Convention on Violence against Women. The statement follows the decision of the Latvian Parliament to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention.
Dear readers, in the topic of the week I am writing about how Latvian MPs, with the help of hoaxes supported by Russia, voted to withdraw their country from the Istanbul Convention, which Slovakia has still not ratified, although it would strengthen the protection of women from domestic violence. The reservations of its Slovak and Latvian opponents are exactly the same. The profile of the week is the obituary of Marlene Dietrich's daughter Marie…
The President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevićs, has refused to sign the bill passed last week by Parliament to remove the country from the Istanbul Convention against Machist Violence and has called on the deputies to review it again.
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