Yerevan penitentiary centre for tuberculous detainees. Post-operative ward.©ICRC/F.Clarke/ref. am-e-00010

It focuses on the issue of missing persons and the problems of people held in connection with the conflict as well as other vulnerable detainees. The delegation supports the authorities in efforts to halt the spread of tuberculosis in prisons.

The ICRC also promotes the implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL) and its integration into the training of the armed and security forces and into university and school curricula. It supports capacity-building within the Armenian Red Cross Society.

In Nagorny Karabakh it also gives support to primary health care services.

Presence (2009): 31 staff, including 2 expatriates