50 police officers from the specialised division of the police of Armenia enhanced their knowledge on combating violence against women and domestic violence during two training sessions held on 12-13 May and 19-20 May 2022 in Yerevan.
The trainings aimed at improving the capacity of the police to effectively apply international and European standards on violence against women and domestic violence, provision of comprehensive response and protection principles, applying the victim-centred approach and avoiding double victimisation. Maro Matosian, director of Women’s Support Centre NGO and Armen Grigoryan, PhD in Law, defence attorney, “Investment Law Group” used interactive training methods to help police officers to enhance their knowledge and develop skills on violence risk assessment.
“Thanks to this interactive training and competent trainers we had a good chance to discuss the international standards in the area of domestic violence as well as the mechanism of application of those standards within national jurisdiction. We have police officers from different regions in this training, who shared their experience and learned the best practices presented. It was especially interesting to discuss and assess the risks related to the possibility of an escalation of violence and plan a comprehensive response and protection to victims of domestic violence”, indicated Hasmik Aleksanyan, Police Lieutenant Colonel.
The series of trainings were organised within the framework of the Council of Europe project “The Path towards Armenia’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence” in cooperation with the Police of Armenia.
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