Introduction: The Istanbul Convention as a Response to Violence against Women in Europe, Johanna Niemi, Lourdes Peroni and Vladislava Stoyanova; Part I: Context and Role; 1 - The Istanbul Convention in the Context of Feminist Claims, Lorena Sosa; 2 - Unleashing the Gender Equality Potential of the Istanbul Convention, Lourdes Peroni; 3 - The Istanbul Convention as an Interpretative Tool at the European and National Levels, Sara De Vido; Part II: Concepts; 4 - The Concepts of Gender and Violence in the Istanbul Convention, Johanna Niemi and Amalia Verdu Sanmartin; 5 - Due Diligence versus Positive Obligations: Critical Reflections on the Council of Europe Convention on Violence against Women, Vladislava Stoyanova; Part III: Criminal Law Responses; 6 - The Istanbul Convention on Sexual Offences: A Duty to Reform the Wording of National Law or the Way We Think? Minni Leskinen; 7 - Exploring Intersectionality: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the Istanbul Convention, Ruth Mestre i Mestre; 8 - Forced Sterilisation in the Istanbul Convention: Remedies, Intersectional Discrimination and Cis-Exclusiveness, Daniela Alaattinoglu; Part IV: Victim Services; 9 - The Right to Adequate Housing of Battered Women: The Added Value of the Istanbul Convention? Ingrid Westendorp; 10 - Support to Battered Women in Sweden: Non-profits and Public Authorities Collaborating, Counteracting and Competing, Ulrika Andersson and Sara Bengtson; Part V: Migration and Asylum; 11 - Protection beyond Victimization: The Significance of the Istanbul Convention for Migrant Women, Fulvia Staiano; 12 - Gender-Based Violence against Women and International Protection Needs: The Contribution of the Istanbul Convention, Dolores Morondo Taramundi; Part VI: National Responses to the Convention; 13 - The Istanbul Convention in Poland: Between the "War on Gender" and Legal Reform, Katarzyna Sekowska-Kozlowska; 14 - Reservations and Declarations under the Istanbul Convention, Wojciech Burek;.