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Medical associations raising awareness on the principles of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
Professional medical associations play an essential role in defining and advancing health care standards. And their active involvement in developing the policy in the field of healthcare is essential for further and a wide-range awareness-raising among patients and physicians and improve the...
Applying a gender equality lens to journalisms in Armenia
Armenian journalists and representatives of media civil society organisations (11 women and 2 men) participated in a seminar on gender sensitive language, lens, and ethical approaches in journalism to cover stories on violence against women and conflict-related displacement of women and girls....
Head of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan, Maxime Longangué meets with high-level Government representatives and key partners in Armenia
From 14 to 17 May, following his appointment as Head of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan, Maxime Longangué engaged in a series of courtesy meetings with high-level Government representatives and key partners in Armenia. This phase of meetings included strategic discussions and...
Council of Europe supports the Police Reform in Armenia to safeguard the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Article 11 of the ECHR enshrines the right of everyone to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association. No restrictions shall be placed on the exercise of these rights other than such as prescribed by law and necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security...
Civil society raises awareness on the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence in Armenia
Three civil society organisation (CSOs) - Armavir Development Center in Armavir province, Martuni Women’s Community Council in Gegharkunik province, and Sose Women’s Issues in Syunik province - have completed communication and advocacy projects that ran from June 2023 to February 2024. These...
Public consultation on conditional release policies
Public consultation on reforming the system of conditional release in Armenia took place in Yerevan on 15 May 2024. Among the attendees were representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor General's Office, Penitentiary Service, Probation Service and relevant NGOs. The aim of the...
Secretary General: “We need ideas, voices, and energy of young Europeans to win the fight for human rights, democracy and the rule of law”
Young people have a role to play in making sure that our standards prevail in the long term, but it will only be possible if the Organisation opens its ears, mind and doors to young people, stressed Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić in her opening address at the youth...
Another important Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers on child rights is now available in Armenian
The Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)11 of the Committee of Ministers to the member States of the Council of Europe on the Effective guardianship for unaccompanied and separated children in the context of migration has since been translated into and published in Armenian. The Recommendation aims to...
Hate crimes must be unmasked, recorded and investigated, and victims supported
Council of Europe member States should take all necessary measures and dedicate sufficient resources to prevent and combat hate crime and support its victims, in cooperation with civil society and other stakeholders. Effective, proportionate and dissuasive provisions to prevent and combat hate...
Fostering interagency cooperation: workshop empowers collaboration in Armenia's criminal justice system
A recent joint workshop held in Tsaghkadzor on 2-3 May, organised within the framework of two Council of Europe projects – “Strengthening the Protection of the Rights of Persons in Detention in Armenia” and “Strengthening the Probation Service in Armenia” – brought together key stakeholders from...
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