Human Rights
The Protection of Rights without Borders “PRWB” NGO is actively engaged in the human rights protection sphere through providing of free legal advice, organizing of human rights trainings, as well as through protecting citizens’ rights in domestic courts and at the European Court of Human Rights.
“Protection of Rights without Borders” NGO follows the approach, that human rights should be protected through the universal generation of respect towards human rights and their maintenance.
In this regard, the Organization carries out the protection of the rights of the children, soldiers, arrestees, trail participants including defendants, victims, witness, as well as people with disabilities, people who were subjected to violence in closes and semi closed institutions.
In the outcomes of the human rights projects implemented by the PRWB, measures were taken directed at the detection of violations of the right to assembly, documentation of the torture, inhumane treatment, protection of the citizens’ rights suffered in the outcomes of the police activities, improvement of the fair trail procedures etc.
The Organization expert elaborated alternative reports, information notes on human rights situation, have conducted legislative analysis and researches, which, on the basis of the international best experience, enabled to reveal the gaps and shortcomings of the legislative regulations and present recommendation package in this regard.
The Organization had its active participation in the policy elaboration process on justice and human rights protection.
Թավշյա հեղափոխությունը մեծ հույսեր առաջացրեց նախորդ իշխանության օրոք իրավունքների զանգվածային խախտումների զոհ դարձած քաղաքացիների մոտ։ Ու չնայած քաղաքական իշխանությունը խոստանում է օրենքի ու իրավունքի գերակայության երկիր կառուցել, բազմաթիվ են այն մարդիկ, որոնք արդարության վերականգնման հույսով մինչ օրս անօգուտ թակում են պետական կառույցների դռները։ Չորս տարի առաջ Սարի թաղում ոստիկանական գործողություններից ծանր վնասվածքներ ստացած Խաչատուր Պետրոսյանը […]
Back on November 1 of 2019, the advocates of the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO filed an application to the President of the RA National Assembly, to all the fractions, to the RA National Assembly Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, to the RA National Assembly Standing Committee on State […]
On May 7 of 2020, the European Court of Human Rights published the verdict on murder case of soldier Arayik Avetisyan. The son of the Applicant Anahit Mkrtchyan, the 22 year-old soldier Arayik Avetisyan was killed on October 30 of 2001 as a result of getting a deadly injury on the head in the office […]
On April 3 of 2020, Yerevan First Instance Court (chaired by the judge David Balayan) adopted a decision to release Khosrov Avagyan, the previously life sentenced prisoner, by applying the signature on not leaving as a preventive measure. In 2008, Khosrov Avagyan was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 people. On December 28 […]
On January 22 of 2020, the RA Special Investigation Service, for the second time, discontinued the criminal case number 62217915 instituted in regard to the citizens, who suffered the ill treatment of the Police during the civic initiative “No Robbery” organized against the increase of the electricity fees on June 12 of 2015. The Special […]
On October 4 of 2019, Haykuhi Harutyunyan, the former President of the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO, received a call in midnight, that 5 persons (Kh. S., A. S., S. S., S.L) were forcedly taken to the Masis Police Station of Ararat Region. H. Harutyunyan went to the police station and found out, that […]
Hasmik Harutyunyan, legal expert of the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO participated in the discussion on “Fight against Corruption for Sustainable Development Goals” as a speaker (5:57:52). The current main problems related to the informative freedom, access to information, as well as issues reslated to the investigation of cases on freedom of experssion and […]
On November 1 of 2019, the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO filed an application-recommendation to the President of the RA National Assembly, to the RA National Assembly fractions, to the RA National Assembly Standing Committees on Human Rights Protection and Public Affairs, on Economic Affairs respectively, to the RA Government. The Organization recommended to […]
The mentioned research was conducted by the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO. Within the scope of the mentioned document, the Organization presented its observations on the legal issues related to the visits to the imprisoned citizens and to the interaction with the external world from practical, as well as from the perspective of European […]
A meeting with the Russian journalists and bloggers was organized at the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO on October 28 of 2019. The journalists addressed questions related to the activities of the Organization, the current human rights situation after the post revolutionary Armenia, the current political processes, reforms in the country. Haykuhi Harutyunyan, the […]
