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President Edgars Rinkevics returned the withdrawal bill due to incomplete preparatory work and the need for laws addressing violence against women before exiting the Istanbul Convention.
- On Monday, President Edgars Rinkēvičs said the bill to leave the Istanbul Convention will be sent back to the Latvian parliament for a second review after last week’s vote, following its ratification in November 2023.
- Last month, the opposition Latvia First party proposed the withdrawal motion, and MPs including some in the ruling coalition say the convention promotes so‑called 'social gender' norms.
- Highlighting procedural gaps, Edgars Rinkēvičs, President of Latvia, said preparatory work is incomplete and urged passing a law on eradicating violence against women and children before withdrawal.
- Parliament now faces a decision on the timeframe to amend the bill, while Edgars Rinkēvičs warned withdrawing early risks gaps in Latvia’s domestic legal framework for combating violence.
- Observers point out that the Saeima may withdraw from an international agreement under the withdrawal procedure for international agreements, while human rights advocates and critics say the move reflects populism ahead of parliamentary elections next year.
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In Latvia, President Rinkevics prevented his country from withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention for the Protection of Women for the time being.
Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics has rejected a controversial bill signed on Thursday to withdraw the Baltic country from the Istanbul Convention on the Elimination of Violence against Women. After the veto, parliament will now have to approve the proposed law again.
Edgars Rinkevics justified the veto with the fact that it was an unprecedented case within the European legal framework, which could compromise the country's international credibility in respect of human rights.
Latvia’s President Refuses To Approve Withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
On Thursday, October 30th, Latvia’s parliament voted to withdraw the Baltic country from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s treaty against domestic violence and violence against women. As we reported earlier, Latvian lawmakers argued the convention promotes gender theory. Had the bill been approved by the country’s president, it would have made Latvia the first European Union country to quit the Istanbul Convention. Latvia Votes T…
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Felix VictorinoThe president of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics, has refused to sign the bill passed last week by Parliament to remove the country from the Istanbul Convention against Machist Violence and has called on the deputies to review it again. Rinkevics has raised this in a letter addressed to the president of the Saeima (Parliament), Daiga Mierina, with a view to at least a second reading on the initiative, which had already been approved on 30 October and w…
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