1111th meeting – 6-7 April 2011

Item 10.4

Draft Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
(CM(2011)49-final, CM(2011)49-addfinal, Parliamentary Assembly Opinion No. 280 (2011) and DD(2011)232)

Decisions

The Deputies

1.         took note of Parliamentary Assembly Opinion No. 280 (2011) on the “Draft Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”;

2.         adopted, without a vote, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, as it appears at Appendix 10 to the present volume of Decisions, and took note of its Explanatory Report, as it appears in document CM(2011)49-addprov2;

3.         agreed to open the Convention for signature at the 121st Session of the Committee of Ministers (Istanbul, 10-11 May 2011).