Committee recommends Senate not to ratify Istanbul Convention

The Senate Constitutional and Legal Committee has recommended the upper house of parliament not to ratify the Istanbul Convention, Senator Zdeněk Hraba announced on Twitter on Wednesday. In its recommendation to the Senate, the committee called the Istanbul Convention an "ideological document" which doesn't actually help victims of domestic violence in any practical way. The recommendation however also states that the committee supports the efforts of the Ministry of Justice to strengthen legal protection for domestic violence victims.