Armed Forces
For the ensurance of human rights protection in armed forces, human rights trainings for the staff of officers and commander of the armed forces, as well as for the representative of military police was elaborated for the first time in Armenia by the Organization.
The principal of the “Uniformed Citizen” was attempted to establish in the RA Armed Forces through the mentioned trainings.
Since 2013 to 2016, within the scope of its activities, Organization has conducted more than 18 trainings, which was attended by 465 representative of the commander and officer staff of the armed forces and by 182 representatives of the military police. The trainings were conducted in Yerevan, as well as in the regions of Syunik, Tavush, Vayots Dzor and Lori.
The human rights and fundamental freedoms training program was elaborated and presented by the Organization, which included …. for the students military institutions, senior and junior commanders, peacekeepers, investigative bodies involved in military cases, as well as the obligations of the members of the military staff was presented.
Within the scope of the project, since 2015 the course program on “Human Rights” was established in the Military Aviation University after Armenak Khanperyants and Military Aviation University after Vazgen Sargsyan under the RA Ministry Defence were established. The subject topics were selected considering the number CM / Rec (2010) 4 recommendation adopted by the Ministerial Committee.
The manual on the “Human Rights in Armed Forces” was elaborated by the Organization as a supportive material to the training, with the expectation to get the institute cadets of the military universities aqcuianted with the human rights with emphasise on the approach of “uniformed citizen”. Besides the program gaps, for the detection of the current situation in the sector, the Organization has conducted a number of research.
In 2015, the research on “The Right to child protection in Armenia in compliance with the Optional Protocol to the Participation of Children in Armed Conflict” was conducted. The recommendations submitted by the UN Child Protection Committee to Armenia on June 14 of 2017 were the grounds for the research. The research was conducted through monitoring and interview in the military college after Monte Melkonyan and Pokr Mher military education institute.
In 2013, the Organization conducted a research on disciplinary and criminal accountability issues in the RA Armed Forces, which was mainly directed towards the study of the problems regarding the disciplinary and criminal liablity means in armed forces. The research included 4 military division of the RA Armed Forces and 3 military prosecutor divisions, as well as the departments of investigation servie and military police.
In 2011, the mapping of the organizations involved in the RA armed forces was elaborated by the Organization.
The U.S. State Department touched upon the current most important problems of the human rights situation in the Republic of Armenia, such as the torture, bad and inhuman prison condition, arbitrary detainments and arrests, lack of judicial independence, inability to ensure the right to fair trail, intervention to the professional activities of the journalists, use […]
The RA Law on “Military Service” adopted by the National Assembly with 86 for and 6 against votes on November 15 of 2017 gave a rise to protest among the students. It should be mentioned that the members of “For the Science Development” civic initiative, who were among the protestors, had an-hour negotiations with Ara […]
May 5, 19:30: The Media Center will hold a debate, entitled “How will “Nation –Army” Concept Contribute to Increasing the Combat Readiness of the Armed Forces?” in “A1+” TV Pavilion with online broadcasting. The speakers include: Arthur Sakunts, Head of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office Zara Hovhannisyan, Human Rights Defender, Member of “Army in Reality” […]
Armenia’s constitution provides for a republic with an elected head of state and a unicameral legislature, the National Assembly. According to a constitutional referendum conducted in December 2015, the country is expected to transition gradually to a parliamentary republic by the end of the existing presidential term in 2018. The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) […]
Police officers today used excessive force against the mothers of soldiers who died in Armenia’s armed forces in non-combat incidents; the women had gathered outside the main government building on Thursday morning with the intention of meeting defense minister Vigen Sargsyan and requesting a meeting appointment with him; however, the guards tried to forcibly make […]
Armenia’s rights record remained uneven, with serious concerns related the government’s interference in freedom of assembly. Other concerns include media freedom, poor prison conditions, including overcrowding and ill-treatment, and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. In December 2015, Armenia held a referendum on constitutional amendments, proposed by the ruling party, to move […]
The training materials were elaborated by the “Protection of Right without Borders” NGO with the support of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe “OSCE” Yerevan Office. The training materials include the RA Laws on “Compulsory Military Service”, on “The Financial Responsibility of the Military Personnel”, on “Defence”, on “Disciplinary Code of the RA […]
“Human Rights Education in Armed Forces” Training materials for Military Police
The training manual was elaborated by the “Protection of Rights without Borders” NGO in partnership and with the support of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe “OSCE”. The manual aims at Introducing the cadets of the military institution the universal concept of the human rights highlighting the principal, that a review to the […]
The report was elaborated by the “Protection of Rights without Borders” NGO with the support of the “Counterpart International” Armenia Office. The report on “The Problems of the Disciplinary Police in the RA Armed Forces” is the summery of the research outcomes on the disciplinary and criminal sanctioning policy in the RA Armed Forces elaborated […]
