A recent Council of Europe project started in June 2023 on "Combatting digital and sexual violence against women in Bosnia and Herzegovina“, will support authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to further align their legislation, policies and practices to the standards of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention). From 3-5 October 2023, the project's team met with representatives of key institutions to identify synergies and best ways to foster technical support and to transfer know how on combatting sexual and digital violence against women.
The Council of Europe also participated in the Internet Governance Forum for Bosnia and Herzegovina where Elif Sariaydin, from the Secretariat of the monitoring mechanism of the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention, highlighted digital violence against women as one of the key challenges when it comes to cyber security and cybercrime, the need for a multi-sectoral response from governmental and non-governmental actors to these types of violence, and introduced the GREVIO General Recommendation No. 1 on the digital dimension of violence against women.
The project will run until December 2024.
- Combatting digital and sexual violence against women in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Gender Equality (coe.int)
- Gender Equality Division of the Council of Europe: Home - Gender Equality (coe.int)
- Istanbul Convention: Home - Istanbul Convention Action against violence against women and domestic violence (coe.int)