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Armenia’s track record on criminalising domestic violence
Armenia’s track record on criminalising domestic violence

Author(s): Valentina Gevorgyan
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Victimology
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Armenia; Criminalisation of domestic violence;

Summary/Abstract: Domestic violence, according to the United Nations, is recognised as a violation of the fundamental human rights of women. Armenia has subscribed to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (1979), became a party to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) for the advancement of women, and took commitments in the scope of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SCG), where gender equality and empowerment of all women stands as a separate goal. While the CEDAW provides general principles for upholding the rights of women, the primary international document and the main benchmarks allowing the evaluation of countries’ performance when it comes to protections against domestic violence, are set by the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. Armenia signed the Convention in 2018 and, due to ample obstacles, has so far failed in ratification.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 05 (43)
  • Page Range: 164-168
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English