Judgment_paragraph 37 · K and L v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (C-646/21)

37As confirmed by Articles 1 and 3 and Article 4(2) of the Istanbul Convention, equality between women and men entails, inter alia, the right of every woman to be protected against all gender-based violence, the right not to be forced into marriage, the right to subscribe or not to a belief, the right to have her own political opinions and to express them and the right to make her own life choices freely in relation to, inter alia, education, career or activities in the public sphere. The same is confirmed by Articles 3, 5, 7, 10 and 16 of the CEDAW.