The National Coordination Body for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention, chaired by Deputy Minister of Social Policy Velkovski, held on Tuesday an extraordinary session, due to last week’s deaths of Ivana and Katja in Karposh. The goal was for all relevant institutions to take concrete measures and activities towards the prevention and improvement of victim protection and the prosecution of perpetrators.
The session also saw the consideration of the conclusions of the roundtable organized by the Interior Ministry, where representatives of relevant institutions, civil society, and the academic community working in the field of domestic violence had participated.
Conclusions were passed to form a working group to prepare urgent changes to multiple laws in order to advance institutional coordination and strengthen the system for protecting women who are victims of violence and domestic violence. The draft changes should be submitted to the Body as soon as possible.
A conclusion was also reached at the session to provide concrete measures and activities to improve the system for protecting women who are victims of violence, which will be part of the Strategy and Action Plan for Prevention and Protection against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.