Case study in police and courts of Yerevan

Within the frameworks of the project “Combat domestic violence in Armenia,” the Women’s Rights Center’s lawyer in the period of 1 January – 30 March, 2007 conducted a research at police stations and courts aimed at discovering legal, administrative and institutional gaps related to the issue of domestic violence, and presenting policy recommendations, based on the analysis of the experience of foreign countries in the field of domestic violence.

In the mentioned period, the WRC lawyer visited 4 police stations (studied 11 prophylactic cases, 1 criminal case and 12 preventive cases) and 5 courts (studied 58 civil cases and 1 criminal case) of Yerevan.

Published in: Women’s Rights Center NGO (http://www.wrcorg.am), 19 April 2007 (Official translation)

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