Armenia: Operational highlights for 2025
Through our delegation in Yerevan and sub-delegation in Goris, we continued to support those affected by the conflict escalations in 2020-2023. We sustained our efforts in facilitating resilience-building programs, supporting access to emergency healthcare, in communities situated along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
We continued to provide direct support to the families of those missing from the 2020-2023 conflict escalations across Armenia in the form of dedicated thematic sessions, commemoration-focused events, individual follow-up, and referrals in the framework of the Accompaniment Project. Responding to the families’ requests for better coordination and unification of all existing groups, a dedicated Communication Platform was launched with ICRC support and facilitation for the most active leaders and heads of small-scale NGOs and associations, with seven Communication Platform meetings organized so far.
In addition, we kept providing technical and material support, including forensic expertise, to public authorities and forensic facilities to enhance preparedness and response for preventing disappearances and maximizing identification of the dead in emergencies. Thanks to our support, the DNA laboratory of the Scientific Practical Centre of Forensic Medicine received a certificate of excellence from a worldwide renowned genetic company, confirming alignment with international quality standards and reinforcing the sustainability of local DNA identification capacities.
We kept visiting Armenians in Azerbaijan, detained in connection with the conflict escalations, whose detention had been confirmed by the respective authorities. Despite the closure of the ICRC Delegation in Azerbaijan in September 2025, representatives from the organization’s headquarters in Geneva visited the detainees in December, in accordance with the ICRC standard procedures, offered opportunities to exchange with their families and provided with basic assistance. The delegates also assessed the treatment of detainees, their health status, and their conditions of detention.
