nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/4f2b2fd64af07e45 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260107s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/4f2b2fd64af07e45 doi eng 342 23 Engīzers, Kalvis Author aut The Monster Screaming the Loudest - Latvia’s Attempted Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention Engīzers, Kalvis Verfassungsblog 2026-01-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In late October 2025, the majority of the Latvian Parliament voted to denounce the Istanbul Convention. This move faced considerable civic protests and was ultimately suspended due to a presidential veto. Nevertheless, what happened in Latvia was not a mere national power play. The withdrawal attempt was a manifestation of a broader challenge posed to Latvia and to Europe in general by disinformation, the growing backsliding threats to constitutional democracies, and by an ancient monster still lurking in the shadows of Europe. CC BY-SA 4.0 Gender-Based Violance Istanbul Convention Istanbul-Konvention (2011 Mai 11) LGBTQ+ rights Lettland Women rights gender and sex discrimination gender based violence gender equality latvia (DE-588)7751517-1 gnd Istanbul-Konvention (2011 Mai 11) (DE-588)4074187-4 gnd Lettland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/istanbul-convention-latvia/ raw object