A working discussion, headed by the Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Krmoyan was held with the respective organization representatives on September 28 of 2017, during which the progress report on the fight against corruption discussed at the plenar sitting of Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) was summarized. Hasmik Harutyunyan, the legal expert of the Protection […]
In this report, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provides an overview and analysis of critical challenges faced by human rights defenders in the OSCE region, as well as good practices by OSCE participating States in their protection. The report also provides recommendations of how to close identified protection gaps, which […]
On September 27 of 2017, “The Informed Citizens Union” NGO organized a public discussion on the topic “The benefits and shortcomings of the Armenia’s membership to EUU”, which was attended by the members of parliamentarian groups, experts in the field, as well as NGO and media representatives. Mikayel Melkumyan from “Tsarukyan” alliance made a remark […]
A discussion on “The future of Eastern Partnership: challenges and perspectives” was held on September 26 of 2017. Piotr Switalski, Ambassador, the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, urged the Armenian authorities not to wait and get prepared for the visa liberalization process between Armenia and the European Union. Today, during the discussions on […]
About the EaP Think Tank Forum The EaP Think Tank Forum (Chișinău, September, 22 2017) is an initiative of the Institute for European Policies and Reforms (IPRE), the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies (GISS) and New Europe Center (former Institute of World Policy (IWP)), implemented in cooperation with the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP […]
Dainius Puras, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health had a meeting with civil society organizations on September 27 of 2017 Araks Melkonyan, the legal expert of the “Protection of Rights without Borders” NGO also participated in the above mentioned meeting with the Mr. Puras, who raised a number of questions regarding the […]
The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) was organized in Warsaw during September 11-12 of 2017, within the scope of which 57 OSCE participating States presented the situation of implementation of the commitments on human rights assigned to them. Araks Melkonyan, the legal expert of the “Protection of Rights without Borders” NGO presented observations on the […]
The Annual Conference on Human Dimension Implementation (HDIM) of OSCE participating States is being organized during September 11-22 of 2016 in Warsaw. It is organized every year by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) as a platform for the 57 OSCE participating States to take stock of the implementation of OSCE […]
Speakers: Araks Melkonyan, Protection with rights without borders, Armenia Yevgeniy Zhovtis, Kazakhstan, International Bureau for human rights and Rule of law, Kazakhstan Tatsiana Reviaka, Barys Zvozskau, Belarusian human rights House, Blearus Julia Votslava, Legal prosperity, Kyrgystan Alex Prostica, Promo lex, Molodova Moderator:Briggite Dufour, International partnership for human rights, IPHR The danger of speaking out – […]
September 13, 2017 Armenian National Platform of the EaP Civil Society Forum is deeply concerned about the over 12-month detention of Andreas Ghukasyan, member of “New Armenia” opposition movement. Andreas Ghuksyan was detained on July 29, 2016, when the Police used special measures against the protest participants in Sari Tagh district of Yerevan, and then […]
