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Conference on Human Rights and the Army in Armenia
Conference on “Human Rights and the Army” organised by the Council of Europe on 26 March in Yerevan has concluded a 2,5-year Project on “Strengthening the application of European human rights standards in the armed forces in Armenia”. The conference brought together Armenian officials, other...
International Conference Marking the 10 Year Anniversary of the Armenian National Preventive Mechanism
On 28-29 November an international conference marking the 10th anniversary of the National Preventive Mechanism in Armenia was organised in Yerevan to discuss issues related to the prevention of torture and execution of the relevant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. On 31 May 2006,...
Training on human rights in the armed forces
On 25 and 26 October, 20 officers from military units located in the south of Armenia took part in a training session on human rights in the armed forces. This training session was the first in the series of four seminars to be conducted by the Council of Europe in October-November 2018,...
Armenian stakeholders discuss the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
On 20 and 21 March 2018, a Colloquy on the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) against Armenia concerning effective investigation of ill-treatment was organised by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia...
New publication on Council of Europe instruments on human rights in the armed forces in Armenian
The Council of Europe in Armenia has just published the compilation “Council of Europe instruments on human rights in the armed forces” (in the Armenian language). The book contains texts of three key documents on human rights of members of the armed forces, including the eponymous Committee of...
Training seminar on Human Rights in the Armed Forces
Twenty-five Armenian specialists in the sphere of human rights in the armed forces improved their knowledge and skills on international and European human rights standards in the military. The training seminar, facilitated by two Council of Europe international consultants, aimed at strengthening...