Today the Spanish Oficial Bulletin publishes the Spanish instrument of ratification to the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.The so-called Istanbul Convention was named after the city where the treaty was adopted on 11 may 2011.
Spain deposited its instrument of ratification earlier this april, becoming the ninth Member State. Soon after Andorra ratified the Convention, which required 10 ratifications to enter into force.
Ths Istanbul Convention will become applicable on 1 August this year.
El Convenio de Estambul, en consecuencia, entrará en vigor el próximo 1 de agosto de 2014.
So far the following countries have ratified the treaty: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey and Denmark. The French Parliament has just authorized the ratification, so France will soon also ratify the Istanbul Convention.