Armenia-Human rights and women in the armed forces in Armenia - phase I
The overall objective of the Project is to contribute to better human rights protection in the armed forces, and in particular the rights of female officers by helping guarantee equal service conditions for women and empowering them to champion positive change.
It is expected that as a result of the Project:
- Support provided to the authorities to draft legislation and other regulations pertaining to effectively preventing, investigating and eradicating human rights violations in the armed forces, will aim at decreasing discrimination of and inequality among women and men in line with detailed and gender-sensitive expert recommendations;
- Gender-sensitive methodologies, tools, procedures and trainings for key institutions are developed to enable their staff to prevent, investigate and eradicate human rights violations in the armed forces, especially to ensure full and effective equality of women and men will be available to the main stakeholders;
- Specific measures to increase awareness, knowledge and skills of military servicepersons and future conscripts of human rights issues and equality principles in the context of the armed forces will be designed and launched, including the establishment of a group of human rights champions.
Project information
- Duration: 10 months (1 June 2019 – 31 May 2020)
- Place/country: Armenia
- Budget: EUR 287 726
- Funding: UK Government’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)
Project documentation
Publications
- Women in the armed forces - Practical toolkit on the rights and freedoms of women servicepersons in Armenia (Armenian)
- Methodology for assessment of systemic human rights violations
- Inter-institutional Committees accredited to the Governmental Agents' Offices in some Member States of the Council of Europe: Comparative research and recommendations
Video: Ms N.Voutova, the CoE Head of Office in Yerevan, and Ambassador D.MORAN, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the UK to the Republic of Armenia, conclude the CoE Project “Human Rights and Women in the Armed Forces of Armenia”
Animation films on Service of female military personnel and The role and responsibilities of Women’s Councils in the Armed Forces
The animation films on service of female military personnel, as well as the role and responsibilities of women’s councils in the armed forces are prepared under CoE’s “Human Rights and Women in the Armed Forces of Armenia - phase I” project. The development and publication of the films have been...
1,000 copies of Poster on the Right to Life aimed at military conscripts and servicepersons of Armenia to be disseminated amongst the military bases and conscription offices
Raising the awareness on the right to life among military conscripts and military personnel is envisaged by the National Strategy of Human Rights Protection in Armenia for 2020-2022 (Action No. 48 of the Action Plan). Implementation of this action is supported by the Council of Europe Project...
One year of the Project “Human Rights and Women in the Armed Forces of Armenia” concluded in Yerevan
On 26 May, 2020 Steering Committee meeting of the Council of Europe project “Human Rights and Women in the Armed Forces of Armenia” (hereinafter – the Project) concluded a year-long successful cooperation with the Armenian state authorities working in the field of defence. The main aim of the...