with the other officers. The victim could only distrust that the police would be responsive to her. Judges, policemen, inspectors and other officials, in all parts of the world, have also been known to be abusers. However, Armenia does not have mechanisms or procedures to remove such individuals from investigating or judging cases of DV, as do other countries. Recommendation: 1. Develop mechanisms for detecting employees of law enforcement bodies who commit gender-based violence and for removing them from the system; 2. Offer punitive sanctions to any police officer who assists another against a DV victim.
Emergency Intervention Order (EIO) and Warning Because the act of reporting an incident of DV can enrage the abuser even more, it is very important that police have ways to keep the victims and the children safe. Generally, this does not happen. According to police reports, in 2019, in 75% of the cases of reported DV, police officers issued Warnings. This is not a viable practice in cases of DV, as attested to by the procedures in other countries and by numerous publications of various international organizations. In trainings of police officers by international experts, it repeatedly was said that Warnings need to be discontinued, especially in cases of
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