Slovakia's parliament rejects women's rights treaty as contradictory to constitution

Slovakia's lawmakers voted Tuesday to reject an international treaty on women's rights. In the 150-seat parliament, 96 of the 113 lawmakers present voted to reject the ratification of the treaty known as the Istanbul Convention. [ . . . ] Opponents of the convention in Slovakia, which is predominantly Roman Catholic, charge that some provisions would violate the Slovak Constitution — for example because the constitution defines marriage as a union of a man and a woman.
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