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Kosovo institutions have initiated the legal procedures that subsequently enable the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, the world's best known instrument for the prevention and combating the violence against women and domestic violence.
The Committee on Legislation in the Assembly of Kosovo makes it clear that the amendment has been in the process for the purpose of incorporating the Convention into the Constitution of Kosovo and has approved it as such.There are 82 deputies who have signed this amendment. Days ago, the United States ambassador to Pristina Philip Kosnett called on Kosovo authorities to ratify the Istanbul Convention, as he said, "If Kosovo takes this step, their leaders send a powerful message that Kosovo is preparing for Euro-Atlantic integration."
The speaker of the Parliamentary Committee for Legislation in the Assembly of Kosovo, Albulena Haxhiu from the Self-Determination Movement said in a conversation with Radio Free Europe that in the next session, on the agenda is the voting of the amendment for the purpose of incorporating the Istanbul Convention in the Constitution of Kosovo. She said that the Istanbul Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence is in the wake of the mechanisms that are being applied in Kosovo, due to numerous cases of domestic violence and murders of women and girls taking place in the country, but, according to her, is not enough only the ratification and approval, while the institutions have problems with the implementation of the laws.
"In this sense, we have many problems with the justice system, where they still do not take domestic violence seriously. There have been numerous cases where, although reported for domestic violence, security institutions have not acted or have other cases when have not been issued defense orders by judges and as a consequence girls and women have been killed."