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The regional platform of Equality bodies continues the work to address hate speech in Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans
An online event was held focusing on fostering collaboration and exchange knowledge, common challenges and good practices between Equality bodies from the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership regions, to address hate speech. This event, is a continuation to the equality bodies platform...
Workshop on reliability check of piloted risk and needs assessment tool in Armenian prisons
In an effort towards enhancing the rehabilitative approach in Armenia’s criminal justice system, a workshop centred on the -reliability check of the risk and needs assessment (RNA) tool during its piloting phase in Armenian prisons was held in Yerevan on 22 March 2024. This workshop attracted...
European Committee of Social Rights publishes 2023 Findings and Conclusions on Children, Family and Migrants
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) has published its Conclusions 2023 in respect of the articles of the European Social Charter relating to Children, Family and Migrants. In the framework of the reporting procedure, the ECSR adopted 799 conclusions: 415 conclusions of conformity with...
The Council of Europe launches a series of capacity-building sessions for healthcare professionals from the Karabakh region
As part of its comprehensive response package to the refugee influx in Armenia, the Council of Europe launched a series of capacity-building activities on key human rights principles in healthcare and biomedicine, as well as on rights and responsibilities of healthcare professionals. Nearly 35...
Child human rights defenders want to be heard by their governments: Council of Europe study
Child human rights defenders want governments to start listening to their opinions, ideas, and proposals in the development of laws and policies. This is one of the main findings of a new report: “Children as defenders of human rights: a study on Council of Europe member states” published today....
Empowering penitentiary personnel: Armenian penitentiary staff trained in suicide prevention
In an effort to address the issue of self-harm and suicide within prison facilities, approximately 170 penitentiary staff members underwent skill-based trainings on suicide intervention plans. The four two-day and two one-day trainings, which took place in January, February and March 2024, were...
Council of Europe strengthens collaboration with the National Assembly of RA in the field of human rights and biomedicine
Legislative reforms in the field of healthcare have the central role in the reform agenda of the Government of RA. And the strong involvement of the Parliament in legislative reforms is crucial to align the legal norms and law-enforcement practices with the applicable European standards in the...
Focusing on rehabilitation programmes for probationers struggling with addictions
In a collaborative effort to confront pressing challenges surrounding the implementation of rehabilitation programmes for probationers suffering from addictions, stakeholders from different sectors gathered at a workshop organised by the Council of Europe in Yerevan on March 7, 2024. The workshop...
Armenian police chiefs committed to combating violence against women
The second group of Armenian police leadership, 14 police chiefs (14 men) from regional divisions and five officers (2 women and 3 men) from the department on protection of Juveniles' rights and combating domestic violence of the General Department of Armenian Police gathered in Tsaghkadzor on...
Artificial Intelligence - Bridging the Equality Gap
“More and more, AI is giving shape to the world we live in - our job prospects, our health-care outcomes, our access to benefits and services. The list of areas affected by AI is long and is growing. Unless we learn how to harness the potential of AI to bridge inequalities - including gender...