The primary goal of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act is to protect the victims and, if possible, restore peace in the family. Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly […]

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A group of Diaspora Armenian artists, scholars, and writers issued a statement calling on the Armenian authorities to adopt the law on domestic violence proposed by the Armenia’s […]

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The draft law “On Prevention of Domestic Violence and Protection of Victims of Domestic Violence” has led to apparent controversy within the ruling Republican Party. On the one […]

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  The number of sexual crimes has increased in Armenia. This is evidenced by the  results of the survey “2015-2016, Crimes against Sexual Immunity and Sexual Freedom and […]

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Fifteen million girls from 15 to 19 suffer from sexual abuse against their will every year. Ten million girls in the world are victims of sexual violence, stated […]

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Yesterday, after the incident at the Manushak kindergarten in Armavir, when a 3-year-old child was taken hostage by Argam Hovikyan, his activities were temporarily suspended. At the time […]

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A man with a knife attacked the “Manushak” kindergarten in Armavir province and took hostages to the staff and children to meet with his ex-wife.   Presenting the […]

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Today, the Public Council issued a joint statement on the draft law “On Prevention of Domestic Violence and Protection of Victims of Domestic Violations”, which has caused massive […]

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I consider the initial version of the draft law on Domestic Violence Prevention problematic. Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov told reporters after the session of […]

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In the history of Armenia, this is unprecedented, at least in the last decade that the ruling force initiates a draft law and even gets so strongly resisted […]

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