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

Some 32 Latvian lawmakers voted to stay in the pact of the Council of Europe that opposes violence against women, while 56 ...

Several thousand people protested against the vote, and it is now up to the president to decide the next step.

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

Lawmakers voted to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention just a year after it came into force, with the move awaiting ...

The country's parliament, or Saeima, voted on 31 October to withdraw from the human rights treaty which opposes violence ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women's rights activists taped their mouths shut at a demonstration Wednesday outside the Latvian parliament to protest the country's possible withdrawal from an international ...

Responding to the Latvian parliament’s vote to leave the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence ...

Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to withdraw the Baltic country from a treaty on preventing violence against women, ...

Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on preventing violence against women, claiming ...

Latvian parliament have voted to withdraw from an international accord aimed at protecting women from violence after a long ...

Latvia’s parliament voted to exit an international convention that combats violence against women, in a push by right-wing parties which claim the treaty promotes LGBTQ rights in the Baltic nation.