Karbauskis: The Istanbul Convention itself does not pose a threat to the state

“The Istanbul Convention itself would certainly not hurt. Only those who are very eager for its ratification, are very eager for the record, for the social gender to emerge and this leads to serious discussions and perhaps attempts to legalize families. unisexuals and everything else, ”R. Karbauskis told Knowledge Radio on Friday.

According to the “peasant”, the law in Lithuania already prohibits violence against women, therefore, R. Karbauskis emphasizes, the convention, whose main objective is to take systemic measures and effectively combat gender violence, would not fundamentally change anything. .

“Violence against women already exists in our legal system (prohibited – ELTA) and the Istanbul Convention would not change our legislation in practice,” said R. Karbauskis and was pleased that the Seimas Spokesperson announced this week that the Discussion of this document in the Seimas would probably be postponed until the fall session.

“I think that the postponement of the Istanbul Convention (ELTA reading) until the autumn shows that the government understands that some things are not going to be promoted by simple pressure, but will have to be explained to the public,” summarized R. Karbauskis. .

Recently, the issue of the Istanbul Convention has been the subject of heated debate in society. The Istanbul Convention calls on the governments of the states that have ratified it to take measures to combat all forms of violence against women and domestic violence. However, the concept of “gender” used in the Convention document is the most controversial. Opponents of the Convention are wrong to claim that this could lead to the legalization of a third sex or more in the state and that this would undermine the concept of family.