29th June 2017

New measures to allow ratification of Istanbul Convention

The government has announced new measures to protect women and girls from crimes committed overseas as part of its Domestic Abuse Bill. 

The new legislation would be the final step to enable ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women, known as the Istanbul Convention. Measures to be included in legislation will extend ‘extra-territorial jurisdiction’ so that certain offences committed by British citizens can be prosecuted in UK courts regardless of where they take place in the world.