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The Council of Europe carries out capacity-building sessions for healthcare professionals from the Karabakh region
Health care professionals are on the frontline to ensure respect of human rights. Ethical and human rights principles play an important role in addressing the often-complex situations and difficult decisions to be taken in the biomedical and health field. They also contribute to building trust in...
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...
Council of Europe strengthens collaboration with the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia 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. 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 field....
Council of Europe supports the strengthening of the effective functioning of the Ethics Committee for Healthcare Professionals in Armenia
This capacity-building meeting made it possible for journalists to acquire the knowledge and skills to promote the work of Ethics Committee for healthcare professionals in Armenia. The Ethics Committee for Healthcare Professionals is an independent body and consists of seven members who work pro...
The Council of Europe publish a report on Human Rights Based Approaches in Healthcare
The Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) issued a report on Human Rights Based Approaches in Healthcare, prepared by Rumiana Yotova, Professor in International Law at the Faculty of Law and Fellow in Law at Gonville & Caius...
Armenia discusses the possibilities of the Council of Europe Oviedo Convention ratification
Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights in Biomedicine (known as the Oviedo Convention) is the only legally binding international instrument addressing human rights in the field of biomedicine. It provides a framework for the protection of human rights and human dignity by establishing...
Council of Europe promotes autonomy and address the issues of legal capacity in the field of mental health
The protection of rights of persons with mental health issues has been at the center of the work of the Council of Europe . The European Convention on Human Rights protects the rights and dignity of all members of the society without any discrimination. Unfortunately, people with mental health...
Armenian MPs have discussed the possibilities of the ratification of the Oviedo Convention
On 22-24 January 2024, a high-level delegation from National Assembly of the RA headed by Mr Rustam Bakoyan, the Acting Chair of the Standing Committee on Human Rights and Public Affairs visited Strasbourg to discuss the possibilities of the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on...
Conference on Health Literacy and Human Rights
The Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO), in cooperation with the National Office Against Racial Discrimination of Italy, and with the support of the Ministry of Family, Natality and Equal Opportunities and of the Ministry of Health of Italy,...
The European Standards of human rights in the field of biomedicine in the focus of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs of the National Assembly
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the International Declaration of Human Rights with the purpose of raising awareness of the Parliamentarians and the staff of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, a...