Europe campaigns to end violence against women

The Council of Europe today launched a campaign to eliminate violence against women, calling for such human rights abuses to be criminalised, victims protected and perpetrators punished.

The campaign, and a conference in Spain’s Senate bringing together hundreds of experts, began with a minute’s silence for the latest victim of domestic abuse in Spain, a 43-year-old woman who was stabbed to death by her ex-husband in Seville on Sunday. She was the 62nd person to die so far this year in Spain as result of domestic abuse.