The effectiveness of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and Istanbul Convention 2011 on preventing and combating violence against women

The Convention is a gender-based human rights treaty that, as an international legal document, seeks to set standards for the prevention and the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination against women. On the other hand, Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention 2011) is the first legal document in Europe that standards for the prevention and fight against violence against women; but unfortunately, both conventions have been introduced as tools for the political interests of the states and shortcomings. The method of this research is descriptive-analytical and data-collection approach is Library. This article answers that question which of the two conventions is most effective in prevention and fight against violence against women? The CEDAW is not as effective as the Istanbul Convention and its global scope, on preventing, reducing and combating violence against women within the framework of the United Nations system. The issue of violence against women is a pervasive and global. Therefore, the complete solution in combating violence is the view of Islam. In the end, the author explains the disadvantages of these two conventions and explains the theory of Islam.