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Two members of the GREVIO consortium, Helmut Tichy and Olena Kharytonova, held a class on their work of safeguarding the Istanbul Convention.

As part of the lecture Human Rights in Practice, former diplomat and "Praxis-Professor" Helmut Tichy and Olena Kharytonova, Ukrainian Human Rights Lawyer, presented their work in GREVIO, the Council of Europe treaty body controlling the implementation of the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence.

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