Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to quit an international treaty aimed at combating violence against women, after a ...

The Latvian Parliament has voted to withdraw from a European treaty supporting women who are victims of violence ...

The Istanbul Convention is a treaty of the Council of Europe that opposes violence against women. The ballot saw 56 Latvian ...

The Latvian Parliament voted on Thursday to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty intended to support women who are victims of violence, after a prolonged 13-hour session characterised by ...

Latvia will have to uphold protection rules for women even if it quits the Istanbul Convention in a divisive move seen as ...