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Istanbul Convention

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Istanbul Convention

What is the Istanbul Convention? What are its features?

The Istanbul Convention is a human rights convention prepared by the Council of Europe, which includes articles on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. 

The Istanbul Convention, which consists of 12 chapters and 80 articles  , includes various rights not only for women who are victims, but also for children who are exposed to sexual abuse and psychological and physical violence.

Istanbul Convention for Turkey

The convention, of which Turkey was the first signatory with a parliamentary decision , was signed in Istanbul on 11 May 2011 and entered into force in 2014 and started to be implemented internationally in 45 countries, including European Union countries and other countries. 

The international convention, which includes articles on gender discrimination and the prevention of violence, has been implemented for ten years to protect victims of domestic violence. Despite the objection campaign of  many women’s rights defender associations and non-governmental organizations with the slogan ‘ Istanbul Contract Keeps Alive ‘, Turkey withdrew from the contract with the official statement made by the Presidency of Communications on March 21, 2021.

The justification for the cancellation of the Istanbul Convention was explained as “Turkey’s manipulation by a segment trying to normalize homosexuality, which is incompatible with social and familial values”.

What are the basic principles of the Istanbul Convention?

The articles and application methods in the Istanbul Convention are shaped within the framework of some basic principles. The principles defended and taken as basis in the contract and the purposes of the contract;

Preventing domestic violence

Protecting women from violence

Promoting equality between women and men

Driving a trial, prosecution and support policy with a holistic approach

It is valid in peacetime and in situations of armed conflict.

What is the definition of domestic violence according to the Istanbul Convention?

With the regulation made regarding the implementation of the provisions in the articles of the Convention, the concept of domestic violence is defined comprehensively. According to this; All acts of physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence in the family or between former spouses and individuals living together, whether or not the perpetrator shares the same residence with the victim.

What is the definition of violence against women according to the Istanbul Convention?

According to the Istanbul Convention, the definition of violence against women is; It is defined as all kinds of threats, coercion, restriction of freedom, physical, psychological, sexual and economic violence that constitute human rights and violation in public or private life.

What measures and supports are provided for victims of violence in the Istanbul Convention?

According to the convention, various trainings and awareness should be conveyed primarily for the reduction of violence throughout society. Various provisions and measures have been taken to eliminate the victimization of women, children and homosexuals who have been subjected to violence and to prevent this situation from recurring. Some of these measures and supports are as follows:

Raising public awareness about domestic violence and sexual abuse through the information sector and media institutions,

Providing legal and psychological support for women and children who are victims or witnesses to violence,

Establishment of shelters for the shelter of victims of violence,

Employment to provide health services and economic independence,

Having a free support hotline that can be called at any time of the day,

Perpetrators of victims of violence have the right to compensation,

Annulment of forced and underage marriages,

Accepting various verbal and non-verbal behaviors as sexual harassment in addition to physical behaviors of a sexual nature,

Prohibition of female genital mutilation,

Preventing forced abortion and sterilization,

Victims of domestic violence, perpetrators or other persons at risk are ordered to leave the residence for a certain period of time and not to come into contact with each other,

Physical and psychological stalking for the purpose of harassment or violence is considered a crime.

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Trump is Selling Out America in Syria and Beyond

The most xenophobic and isolationist American president in modern history has been selling America to foreign powers for his personal benefit. That’s an impeachable offense.

President Donald Trump says he withdrew American troops from the Syrian-Turkish border—leaving our Kurdish allies to be slaughtered and opening the way for a resurgent ISIS—because it was time to bring American soldiers home.

A more likely explanation is that the Trump Towers Istanbul is the Trump Organization's first and only office and residential building in Europe. Businesses linked to the Turkish government are also major patrons of the Trump Organization. Hence, Trump has repeatedly sided with Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been intent on eliminating Kurds.

Back home, Trump wants to protect America's borders from illegal immigration. But guarding America's geographic borders isn't nearly as important as guarding the integrity of American democracy—which Trump has repeatedly compromised for personal political gain.

He did this on July 25, when he asked the president of Ukraine to do him a personal "favor" by digging up dirt on Joe Biden, his most likely 2020 opponent.

Likewise, Trump claims his China policy is designed to protect the American economy. So why did he ask China to investigate Biden? Last week, his adviser on China conceded he spoke with Chinese officials about the former vice president.

Trump's entire foreign policy has been about Trump from the start. Special counsel Robert Mueller found that Russia sought to help Trump get elected, and Trump's campaign welcomed the help.

Now Trump is playing at being a double foreign agent—pushing the prime minister of Australia, among others, to gather information to discredit the Mueller investigation.

Rudy Giuliani is Trump's private secretary of state, substituting Trump's interests for American interests. On Wednesday, two of Giuliani's business associates were arrested in connection with a criminal scheme to funnel foreign money to candidates for office, including donations to a super PAC formed to support Trump.

Last Friday, in an opening statement for congressional impeachment investigators, Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, said people associated with Giuliani "may well have believed that their personal financial ambitions were stymied by our anti-corruption policy in Ukraine."

Meanwhile, even as Trump spews conspiracy theories about the Biden family, his own children are openly profiting from foreign deals. Eric and Don Jr. have projects in the works in Ireland, India, Indonesia, Uruguay, Turkey and the Philippines.

Trump himself is pocketing money from foreign governments eager to curry favor by staying at his hotels. The practice has become so routine that during Trump's July 25 phone call, the Ukrainian president assured him that the "last time I traveled to the United States, I stayed in New York near Central Park, and I stayed at the Trump Tower."

Foreign governments spent more than a million dollars at Trump's businesses in 2018, mostly at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Trump will pocket even more if he carries out his plan, which he announced last month, to host next year's G-7 meeting at his Doral golf resort, in Florida.

All this is precisely what the Founding Fathers sought to prevent.

When they gathered in Philadelphia 232 years ago to write a constitution, a major goal was to protect the new nation from what Alexander Hamilton called the "desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils."

To ensure no president would "betray his trust to foreign powers," as James Madison put it, they included an emoluments clause—barring a president from accepting foreign payments.

They also gave Congress the right to impeach a president for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." During the Virginia ratifying convention, Edmund Randolph noted that a president "may be impeached" if discovered "receiving [help] from foreign powers."

You don't have to be an originalist to see the dangers to democracy when a president seeks or receives personal favors from foreign governments. There is no limit to how far a foreign power might go to help a president enlarge his political power and wealth, in exchange for selling out America.

Donald Trump is a xenophobe in public and international mobster in private. He has brazenly sought private gain from foreign governments at the expense of the American people.

This is shameful and criminal. At the very least, it is impeachable.

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Justice for Seeta Kaur: Ending Honour Killings

On the 7th of December, the UCL Gender & Feminism Society attended the launch of the campaign Justice for Seeta Kaur (#Justice4Seeta) at the Houses of Parliament. The event was organised by Southall Black Sisters, who provide legal advice, protection, and psychological support services to women and children experiencing domestic and sexual violence.   At the launch, we learned about the tragic death of Seeta Kaur, a British national of Indian origin and a mother of four children, who died in very strange circumstances on a trip to India in 2015. Seeta’s family provided a shocking account of the events surrounding her death, starting with the revelation that Seeta had suffered from domestic violence for years prior to it.   The events leading to her death began when her husband, an Indian national who resided in the UK, promised his brother and sister-in-law that they could adopt one of Seeta’s and his sons, as they were childless. Seeta strongly resisted giving up one of her children, voicing her refusal once again on the family trip to India, leading to a violent dispute with her husband and in-laws the day before she was flying back to the UK.   The next day, Seeta’s family received a phone call from India: Seeta – a healthy young woman – had suffered a ‘sudden heart attack’. A post-mortem examination was not performed, and before Seeta’s family could arrive in India, her body was wrapped up in blankets and stuffed in a box. When her family opened it, they were horrified by the evident bruising around her neck and chest, but were denied an opportunity to investigate this, as she was cremated soon after without their consent. The local police department, being loyal and devoted to the elder members of the family as part of their immediate community, also refused to investigate the death.   Since then, Seeta’s family, along with the help of Kate Osamor (MP for Seeta’s family constituency), and Southall Black Sisters, has been gathering evidence to prove that Seeta was a victim of an honour killing perpetrated by her husband and in-laws. They believe that her husband felt a duty to fulfil his promise to his brother, and that Seeta’s resistance was shameful to his family. Dispute the evidence, their calls for justice have been denied on several occasions, both in India and the UK.     The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Metropolitan Police have also failed to investigate. They argue that the case was a ‘private matter’ and that they cannot interfere in other country’s affairs. They fail to recognise that Seeta was a British citizen, like her children, who are still in India, separated from Seeta’s family for over two years.   The British authorities’ response to this case raises many issues regarding violence against women, transnational justice and racial bias. They are avoiding accountability in Seeta’s death and any responsibility in bringing Seeta’s children back to the UK. Their response reveals how violence against women is still considered a private matter and something that should stay behind close doors.   In keeping with this stance, the UK has also failed to ratify the Istanbul Convention for years. The Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive legal framework on protection, prevention and prosecution of violence against women at a European level. It legally bonds the government to guarantee support services for survivors, such as refugees, and 24 hour helplines, to collect monitoring data on gender-based violence and to educate children on gender equality and violence against women and girls. The reason for not ratifying the convention was, again, ‘jurisdictional problems’. The truth is that the lack of action at a national and international level perpetuates impunity. Finally, on the 16th of December 2016, MPs voted on the Istanbul Convention, four years after it was signed, moving the bill to the next parliamentary stage up to its final ratification.   But this has come too late for Seeta. It is heart-breaking to realise that things could have been different for her if the Istanbul Convention had been ratified sooner. It is upsetting to realise that authorities do not take violence against women seriously and do not recognise that women’s rights are human rights. As one of the speakers in the launch of the campaign said, ‘justice must be done and must be seek to be done’.   If you feel the same way as us, let’s do something about it! You can find more information about Justice for Seeta and sign the letters to the MET police and FCO here:   http://www.southallblacksisters.org.uk/campaigns/justice-for-seeta-campaign

- by Cecilia Francisco Carcelén