Posts Tagged ‘Bronislaw Komorowski’

Defeat for Polish bishops on domestic violence convention

Thursday, March 19th, 2015

Poland’s Catholic bishops have suffered a defeat with the approval by the nation’s president of an international convention combating violence against women. The Council of Europe convention creates the world’s first legal framework for curbing psychological and sexual violence. It also criminalises forced marriages, stalking, and female genital mutilation. President Bronislaw Komorowski signed a government Read more