What it is
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, done in Istanbul on 11 May 2011, as well as the Declaration and Reservation that Spain will formulate thereto.
It is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 31 July 2013. Introduced by: Gobierno.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000100· updated 11 Nov
We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page
Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.
- Introduced31 July 2013Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted3 September 2013The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendments6 September 2013Groups propose changes.
- Committee25 September 2013A committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenary20 November 2013All 350 deputies vote.
- Senate28 November 2013The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOE19 February 2014It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 9 official steps on a timeline
28 November 2013
How did the plenary vote?
Voted on: Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, done in Istanbul on 11 May 2011, as well as the Declaration and Reservation that Spain will formulate thereto.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 28 of sitting 153· updated 10 Nov
This vote does not publish each seat’s vote: the dots are drawn from the totals.
Your province
How did the deputies from your province vote?
And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.
What happens next
What happens now?
It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000100
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Congreso de los Diputados, vote 28 of sitting 153
The count and every seat’s vote.
Retrieved 10 November 2026
- The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
- Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
- We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.