ArmInfo.Initially, it was obvious that there was practically no chance of ratifying the Istanbul Convention this year. Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan stated this in an interview with reporters in the National Assembly of Armenia.
He noted that the government addressed the Venice Commission with this issue. "We must wait for the response of the Venice Commission in October, after which we will again discuss this issue in the government and forward it to the Constitutional Court. This is a rather lengthy process," Badasyan emphasized.
It should be noted that in January 2018, Armenia signed the Istanbul Convention (",Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence"). However, this convention has not yet been sent to the country's parliament. The Istanbul Convention (or the ", Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence") was signed in 2011 in Istanbul (Turkey). Of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe, 34 have ratified the Convention, 11 have signed. In Armenia, this convention was opposed by the general public, who believe that ratification of the Istanbul Convention is unconstitutional and it will destroy Armenian traditional values. The Ministry of Justice sent this convention to the Venice Commission in order to study its compliance with the norms of the country's legislation.