Latvia’s Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) has called on its coalition partner, New Unity, to support withdrawing from the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on combating violence against women and domestic violence, LETA reports. ZZS argued that a case of alleged inappropriate behaviour by a foreign worker towards a minor in Liepaja demonstrated that the convention did not, in fact, work. ZZS accused Prime Minister Evika Silina and New Unity of “avoiding discussion and solutions related to migrants.” Earlier, ZZS reversed its earlier decision and voted to denounce the Istanbul Convention. Having been ratified by the Latvian parliament, the Saeima, the human rights treaty came into force in Latvia on 1 May 2023.
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