On 13 December 2022 Closing Event and the Final Steering Committee meeting of the Council of Europe project “Human Rights and Women in the Armed Forces in Armenia-Phase II” (‘’Project’’) concluded more than 2,5 years of successful cooperation with the Armenian state authorities working in the field of defence.
The main aim of the Project was to ensure better protection of human rights in the armed forces, in particular rights of women servicepersons, as well as the effectiveness of the legal proceedings in military cases by providing legal drafting and capacity building support for the implementation of the 2020-2022 National Strategy for Human Rights Protection. The specific objective of the Project was to enhance the engagement of women in the armed forces in accordance with Council’s standards and recommendations.
