Subject	Predicate	Object
eBZhn8nQ	a	Resource
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		Written answer
	answer has question	rdWBT9dL
	answer has answering person	Wendy Morton
	answer text	<p>The UK is committed to ending violence against women and girls. We were disappointed that Turkey began proceedings to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on 19 March. While this is a matter for Turkey, we regret that it has taken this decision, especially in light of President Erdoğan's ambitions for reform as expressed in Turkey's human rights action plan, published on 2 March. I expressed our view publicly in these terms on 21 March, and my colleague the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa also raised it with his Turkish counterpart when they spoke on 23 March, urging Turkey to reconsider its decision. The UK signed the Convention in 2012 and remains committed to ratifying it.</p>
	answer given date	2021-03-25
	answer has answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	written answer has answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	answering body has written answer	eBZhn8nQ
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	answering body has answer	eBZhn8nQ
rdWBT9dL	question has answer	eBZhn8nQ
Wendy Morton	answering person has answer	eBZhn8nQ