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<p>The Coalition Government signed the Istanbul Convention to show its strong commitment
to tackling violence against women and girls, and this Government remains committed
to ratifying it.</p><p>In most respects, the measures already in place in the UK to
protect women and girls from violence comply with or go further than the Convention
requires.</p><p>Further amendments to domestic law, to take extra-territorial jurisdiction
over a range of offences, are necessary before the Convention can be ratified. We
will seek to legislate when the approach to implementing the extra-territorial jurisdiction
requirements in England and Wales is agreed and Parliamentary time allows.</p>
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