UN urges Turkey to return to women's rights accord

Special rapporteur Reem Alsalem has called on the Turkish government to reconsider last year’s decision to leave an UN agreement on combating abuse of women and girls.
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Relatives of victims of feminicide wait outside the Istanbul court ahead of a hearing to close a well-known anti-femicide group on June 1, 2022. - BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images
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ISTANBUL — The United Nations’ leading figure on violence against women has called on Turkey to re-join the Istanbul Convention following a 10-day visit to the country. 

Turkey withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, a Council of Europe agreement to prevent and combat violence against women, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decree in March last year. 

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