A citizens' initiative committee aimed at withdrawing Poland from the Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention on domestic violence has formally announced its existence to the Sejm (lower house).
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday he would ask the Constitutional Tribunal to examine whether the Istanbul Convention on combatting domestic violence is in line with the Polish constitution.
Poland's Ministry of Justice has sent a request to the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy to undertake the necessary work to withdraw from the Council of Europe's so-called Istanbul Convention on combatting domestic violence.
Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejcinovic Buric reacting to recent voices by Polish right-wing politicians calling for Poland's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention said the country should not withdraw.
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