Witness Statement

Article 75 – Signature and entry into force This Convention shall be open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe, the non-member States which have participated in its elaboration and the European Union. This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited…

Article 76 – Accession to the Convention After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may, after consultation of the Parties to this Convention and obtaining their unanimous consent, invite any non-member State of the Council of Europe, which has not participated in the elaboration of…

Istanbul Convention: Fundamental Weaknesses Assessment as of 2025-11-14 by Dainis W. Michel, Claude.ai, and ChatGPT Analysis of Articles 75-79: Signature/Entry into Force, Accession, Territorial Application, Reservations, and Reservation Validity Two Critical Definitional Failures 1. Gender Defined Without Biology (Article 3(c)) Article 3(c) defines “gender” as “socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes” What’s missing: No…

Article 77 – Territorial application Any State or the European Union may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply. Any Party may, at any later date, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of…