National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention for Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence

Country	North Macedonia Republic of
Year	2018 - 2023
Type of Measure	Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence	Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls

Brief Description

In 2017, the Republic of North Macedonia ratified the Council of Europe Convention for Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence and in 2018 adopted the 2018-2023 National Action Plan for implementation of the Convention. The first activity that was initiated with the financial support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is the preparation of the Law on Gender-Based Violence.

Source of Information

North Macedonia's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.10