LIU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 123: Invitation og programudkast til et interparlamentarisk møde den 21/11-2017 i Europa-Parlamentet i Bruxelles med emnet "The Istanbul Convention: combating violence against women at national and EU level"

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LIU Alm.del Bilag 123
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Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union

Directorate for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs

Secretariat of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

To the Chairperson(s) of the Committee(s) concerned

Dear colleague,

Following the tradition to celebrate the International Day for the elimination of Violence against

Women, the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality proposes this year to bring together

European and National Parliamentarians around the theme:

"The Istanbul Convention: combating violence against women at national and EU level"

The aim of the Inter-parliamentary Committee meeting (ICM) is to assess what is the state of the

ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention at EU and national levels and how it is

being monitored by GREVIO.

The ICM will be organised around three panels:

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Panel 1 - The Istanbul Convention in the Member States: ratification and monitoring.

Panel 2 - The 4 Ps in practice: how Member States tackle gender based violence and domestic

violence.

Panel 3 - The path to the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention.

After the panels a reception organised in cooperation with the European Institute for Gender Equality

will take place in ASP building, MEP saloon, as part of its White Ribbon campaign.

The event is taking place in a year that the EU is especially devoting to prevent and combat violence

against women. The signature by the EU of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and

combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention) has been the

major milestone of 2017 in the common task of fighting gender-based violence. The ICM and the

Eu opea Co

issio A ual Collo uiu o Fu da e tal Rights, that ill be de oted to Wo e ’s

Rights and will also take place in November, are part of this EU collective effort that would be

strengthened with your support.

We are therefore very pleased to invite up to four Members of the corresponding committee(s) of

each National Parliament (two from each chamber in the case of bi-cameral Parliaments) to attend

this event on

Tuesday, 21 November 2017 from 15.00 to 18.30 in the European Parliament in

Brussels.

LIU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 123: Invitation og programudkast til et interparlamentarisk møde den 21/11-2017 i Europa-Parlamentet i Bruxelles med emnet "The Istanbul Convention: combating violence against women at national and EU level"

Your participation in this event, for which we expect the attendance of several MEPs and members of

national parliaments from EU Member States as well as representatives of international organisations,

would be an ideal opportunity for you to meet a wide variety of parliamentarians from across the EU.

Practical details regarding the meeting will be forwarded in due course to your Parliament's

representatives/services responsible for relations with the European Parliament.

Yours sincerely,

Vilija Bli ke ičiūtė

Chair of Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality