The Monster Screaming the Loudest - Latvia’s Attempted Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention Engīzers, Kalvis Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-01-07 eng
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 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 Engīzers, Kalvis 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 Istanbul-Konvention (2011 Mai 11) Lettland 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/istanbul-convention-latvia/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/4f2b2fd64af07e45 260107 10.59704/4f2b2fd64af07e45 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)