Hungary rejected ratifying a treaty to protect women from violence, because it said it promoted 'destructive gender ideologies' and 'illegal immigration'
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The rejection comes just weeks after the government began trying to push through a law that would end legal recognition of trans people in Hungary. The Istanbul Convention is the first binding agreement aimed at stopping and combating violence against women, according toIts intent is to prevent abuses like female genital mutilation and marital rape. It comes as United Nations data predicts global domestic violence willIn 2014, the convention was signed by much of Europe, as well as Hungary. But on May 5,
The declaration agreed to by Hungary's ruling party asserted that the country has "the right to defend its country, culture, laws, traditions and national values and that views on gender held by the minority should not endanger this."
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