Chapter XII Final clauses | Article 81 Notification | Riga Revision 1.0
Riga Revision 1.0 analysis of Article 81: Notification
Category: Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
Critical PUBLIC Review. Crafting the Riga Revision of the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence
Istanbul Convention: Fundamental Weaknesses Assessment as of 2025-11-14 by Dainis W. Michel, Claude.ai, and ChatGPT
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))
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Article 75 – Signature and entry into force
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
Article 76 – Accession to the Convention
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
Article 77 – Territorial application
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
Article 78 – Reservations
Article 78 – Reservations
- No reservation may be made in respect of any provision of this Convention, with the exceptions provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3.
- Any State or the European Union may, at the time of signature or
Article 79 – Validity and review of reservations
Article 79 – Validity and review of reservations
- Reservations referred to in Article 78, paragraphs 2 and 3, shall be valid for a period of five years from the day of the entry into force of this Convention in respect
Article 80 – Denunciation
Article 80 – Denunciation
- Any Party may, at any time, denounce this Convention by means of a notification addressed to
the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. - Such denunciation shall become effective on the first day of the month
Article 81 – Notification
Article 81 – Notification
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council
of Europe, the non-member States which have participated in its elaboration, any signatory, any
Party, the European Union, and … Read more...
Witness Statement
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.
Done at Istanbul, this 11th day of May 2011, in English and in French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited … Read more...