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The ombudsman noted that violence against women and domestic violence remain a very serious problem. The fight against violence is on the agenda of multiple ...

The Constitutional Court concluded that he Istanbul Convention’s objective is prevention of violence against women and domestic violence in order to promote gender equality. The committee did welcome certain legislative measures Latvia has employed to prevent violence against women. The Istanbul Convention is a comprehensive international document intended to help prevent violence against women and domestic violence. All this is intended to eliminate prejudices, customs, traditions and any other practice based on the idea of female inferiority or on the roles of women and men. The ombudsman noted that violence against women and domestic violence remain a very serious problem. According to responses from men, most often they were subjected to violence by another man, whereas in 11.3% of cases violence came from a woman.