Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence 2011, para. 5
Paragraph
Paragraph text
5 Parties shall ensure that culture, custom, religion, tradition or so-called “honour” shall not be considered as justification for any acts of violence covered by the scope of this Convention.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
Council of Europe
Document type
Regional treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (2011), Article 12, 5.