Latvia will have to uphold protection rules for women even if it quits the Istanbul Convention in a divisive move seen as backtracking on fundamental rights.View on euronews ...

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

France is the latest country to change its criminal code to a consent-based definition of rape, but other developed countries ...

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

President will evaluate the Saeima’s decision to withdraw from the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating ...

With votes from the opposition and the Union of Greens and Farmers, the Saeima adopted a law for Latvia to withdraw Istanbul ...

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.

Latvia’s parliament voted on Thursday to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a landmark Council of Europe treaty aimed at ...

Latvian lawmakers supporting the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention claim the treaty promotes ‘gender’ theories Read ...

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

RIGA, Latvia — They’re dotted on dozens of buildings across the Latvian capital: signal green signs with white stick figures of a family and the word “patvertne,” which means shelter. Installed ...