Content warning: sexual violence against women and girls
On 18 July 2024, EHRAC and our NGO partners published the NGO Shadow Report on the Implementation of The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Ukraine.
18 July marked two years since Ukraine completed ratification of the Istanbul Convention. The report, co-authored by EHRAC, La Strada Ukraine, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ), Equality Now, and ULAG (the Ukrainian Legal Advisory Group), and the independent legal consultant Carolyn Edgerton, examines in detail the role of structural inequality, discriminatory attitudes, and gender-based myths and stereotypes on investigations, on the courts’ interpretation of consent, and on judgments and sentencing in sexual violence cases.
The report was submitted to the GREVIO Committee, the body responsible for monitoring compliance with the Istanbul Convention.
