Thursday, December 28 2017 14:30

ArmInfo. The Armenian government approved the Council of Europe Convention on Prevention and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence during its  December 28 meeting.

As the Minister of Justice of Armenia David Harutyunyan stated, the  Council of Europe Convention entered into force in 2014, it was  signed by all member countries of the Council of Europe, with the  exception of two states. Not wishing to elaborate on the details of  the document, the minister recalled that some time ago a project on  prevention of family violence, protection of persons subjected to  domestic violence was widely discussed in Armenia.

 "Basically, the provisions of this law are taken from this  convention," he said.  The head of the Ministry of Justice noted that  in connection with a number of provisions of the European convention  Armenia offers to make reservations - a number of provisions will not  be applied to the republic. "This is due to the peculiarities of the  country's legal system," David Harutyunyan said.

It should be reminded that earlier the Armenian parliament approved  the law "On the prevention of family violence and protection of  persons subjected to family violence and reconciliation in the  family. "