"The small state in the Caucasus with a population of around three million emerged defeated from the 2020 war with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Still, many of the ethnic Armenians that lived in the region stayed. In the years that followed, Armenia saw a series of bloody border clashes with Azerbaijan. Then, in September 2023, Azerbaijan seized full control of Nagorno-Karabakh, leading a mass exodus of more than 100,000 Armenians, who at that point had survived a nine-month blockade and war."
"Many of the Armenian men who had fought in that war returned home carrying unhealed trauma after all, they had witnessed a lot of death and violence. Yet they received little to no psychological support. Their difficult state was compounded by other issues, too, including the uncertainties of the still unresolved conflict between their country and Azerbaijan. All these factors contributed to a surge in domestic violence."
"Though such crimes often go underreported due to cultural and other stigmas, data from the national prosecutor's office show an unprecedented rise in 2024, the highest since Armenia's domestic violence law came into force in 2018. According to the prosecutor's office data, murders related to domestic violence jumped from three in 2023 to 13 in 2024. This aligns with globally observed domestic violence increases up to five years after a conflict."
Armenia suffered defeat in the 2020 war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, and many ethnic Armenians remained until Azerbaijan seized full control in September 2023. More than 100,000 Armenians fled after a nine-month blockade and renewed conflict. Many returned fighters carry unhealed trauma and received little to no psychological support, while the unresolved conflict generates ongoing uncertainty. Those factors coincided with a surge in domestic violence, with prosecutor's office data showing the highest number of such crimes since the 2018 law, including murders rising from three in 2023 to 13 in 2024.
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