Contents: Foreword / Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin
Foreword / Dubravka Šimonović
Introduction to preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence / Sara De Vido and Micaela Frulli
Section i the istanbul convention: Background and contextualization
A the istanbul convention from an intersectional perspective / Lorena Sosa and Ruth Maria Mestre i Mestre
B the istanbul convention in times of emergency / Deborah Russo
C the istanbul convention through the lens of the americas and Africa / Rosa Celorio
D the possibilities of the regional human rights mechanism for promotion and protection of women's
Rights to be free from violence: The asian case / Yoko Hayashi
E embracing gender parity at international and European level / Elisa Fornalè
Section ii commentary article by article
P the preamble / Laura Candiotto
Chapter i purposes, definitions, equality and non-discrimination, general obligations
1. Purposes of the convention / Sara De Vido and Micaela Frulli
2. Scope of the convention / Micaela Frulli
3. Definitions / Victor Manuel Merino-Sancho
4. Fundamental rights, equality and non-discrimination / Lourdes Maria Peroni
5. State obligations and due diligence / Alice Ollino
6. Gender-sensitive policies / Lourdes Maria Peroni
Chapter ii integrated policies and data collection
7. Comprehensive and co-ordinated policies / Marina Calloni and Daniela Belliti
8. Financial resources / Francesca Cerulli
9. Non-governmental organizations and civil society / Enzamaria Tramontana
10. Co-ordinating body / Sara Dal Monico
11. Data collection and research / Biljana Brankovic
Chapter iii prevention
12. General obligations / Marcella Ferri
13. Awareness-raising / Mathias M.schel
14. Education / Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska
15. Training of professionals / Albena Koycheva
16. Preventive intervention and treatment programmes / Cristina Oddone
17. Participation of the private sector and the media / Federico Faloppa
Chapter iv protection and support
18. General obligations / Alice Riccardi
19. Information / Gema Fern.ndez Rodr.guez de Li.vana and Keina Yoshida
20. General support services / 22 Specialist support services
23. Shelters
24. Telephone helplines
25. Support for victims of sexual violence
Bonita meyersfeld and Francesca sironi de gregorio
21. Assistance in individual/collective complaints / Lisa Gormley
26. Protection and support for child witnesses / 31 Custody, visitation rights and safety
Elisabetta bergamini and laura lizzi
27. Reporting / 28 Reporting by professionals
Chiara angiolini
Chapter v substantive law
29. Civil lawsuits and remedies / Marc Julien Pichard
30. Compensation / Sara De Vido
32. Civil consequences of forced marriages / Angelica Bonfanti
33. Psychological violence
35. Physical violence / Barbara Giovanna Bello
34. Stalking / Leonie Steinl
36. Sexual violence, including rape / Ludovica Poli
37. Forced marriage / Chiara Ragni
38. Female genital mutilation / Ruth Maria Mestre i Mestre
39. Forced abortion and forced sterilisation / Daniela Alaattinoğlu
40. Sexual harassment / Valeria Tevere
41. Aiding or abetting and attempt / Piergiuseppe Parisi
42. Unacceptable justifications for crimes, including crimes committed in the name of so-called 'honour' / Sital Kalantry and Shireen Moti
43. Application of criminal offenses / Rachel Behring and Boris Burghardt
44. Jurisdiction / Elena Carpanelli
45. Sanctions and measures / Kalika Mehta
46. Aggravating circumstances / Luca Poltronieri Rossetti
47. Sentences passed by another party / Luca Poltronieri Rossetti
48. Prohibition of mandatory alternative dispute resolution processes or sentencing / Marc Julien Pichard
Chapter vi investigation, prosecution, procedural law and
Protective measures
49. General obligations / Johanna Niemi
50. Immediate response, prevention and protection / Johanna Niemi
51. Risk assessment and risk management / Piergiuseppe Parisi
52. Emergency barring orders 53 restraining or protection orders / Johanna Niemi
54. Investigations and evidence / Arianna Vettorel
55. Ex parte and ex officio proceedings / Ana Montesinos Garc.a and Isabel Maravall-Buckwalter
56. Measures of protection / Ana Montesinos Garc.a and Isabel Maravall-Buckwalter
57. Legal aid / Lucia Parlato
58. Statute of limitation / Piergiuseppe Parisi
Chapter vii migration and asylum
59. Residence status / Vladislava Stoyanova
60. Gender-based asylum claims / Fulvia Staiano
61. Non-refoulement / Anne Lagerwall and Mona Aviat
Chapter viii international co-operation
62. General principles
63. Measures relating to persons at risk
64. Information
Ester di napoli and Francesca maoli
65. Data protection / Alessandro Bernes
Chapter ix monitoring mechanism
66. Group of experts on action against violence against women and domestic violence / 67. Committee of the Parties
68. Procedure
69. General recommendations
70. Parliamentary involvement in monitoring
Ronagh mcquigg
70a. Locating grevio in the realm of international and regional human rights monitoring mechanisms / Martina Buscemi
Chapter x relationship with other international instruments
71. Relationship with other international instruments / Sara De Vido
Chapter xi amendments to the convention
72. Amendments / Wojciech Burek
Chapter xii final clauses
73. Effects of this convention / Alexandra David
74. Dispute settlement / Alexandra David
75. Signature and entry into force / 76. Accession to the Convention / Eug.nie d'Ursel
76a. Israel's (possible) accession to the istanbul convention / Ruth Halperin-Kaddari
77. Territorial application / Eugénie d'Ursel
78. Reservations / 79. Validity and review of reservations / Wojciech Burek
80. Denunciation
81. Notification
Karolina prażmowska
80a. A tale of the opposites: Denunciation and implementation of the istanbul convention in Turkey / Aslıhan Tekin
Section iii critical assessments of shortcomings of the istanbul convention: Selected issues
F smart-locking up women: Internet of things (iot) perpetration in domestic violence / Adriane van der Wilk
G prostitution: A missed opportunity? / Elisa Camiscioli
H sexual and reproductive health rights in the istanbul convention: An inadequate approach? / Lucía Berro Pizzarossa.