PRWB
On October 3 of 2018, the Administrative Chamber of the RA Court of Cassation (chaired by Judge Ervand Khundaryan) made a decision to reject the application in regard to the administrative case number ՎԴ/1031/05/16 submitted by the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO regarding the decision made by the RA Administrative Court of Appeal on […]
Statement by the Coordination Committee of the Civic Solidarity Platform
Milano, 07 December 2018 We, members of the Coordination Committee of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP) and other civil society representatives, are shocked by the exclusion of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from attending the opening and closing sessions of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting (MC) in the plenary hall as well as not being provided with […]
Yuri Sargsyan
The Decision of the the Criminal Court of Appeal on the Early Conditional Release of the Life Convict On November 6 of 2018, the RA Criminal Court of Appeal made a decision to reject the appeal filed to the Yerevan First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction by Araks Melkonyan on the early conditional release of […]
The Opinion and the Recommendations of the Justice Group on the RA Draft Law on Amnesty with Criminal Cases
The justice group of the Open Society Foundations presents its opinion and recommendation on the draft law on “Announcing of Amnesty regarding the Criminal Cases Instituted in Regard to the Erebuni-Yerevan 2800 Anniversary Celebrations”. We welcome such humanitarian initiative, which can also have special importance in the restoration of the rights of the citizen, who […]
The PRWB Presented a Opinion to the The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly
Within the period of November 7 to November 16 of 2018, Kleman Vulen, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assemblies and Associations was in the Republic of Armenia on an official visit, during which the latter had meetings with the relevant agencies, as well as with the civil society […]
Special report. the role of human rights lawyers during the revolution
Taking into account the events during the months of April-May of 2018 in Armenia, particularly “The Velvet Revolution” and the events preceding and succeeding the latter, “Human Rights House Yerevan” NGO presents the special report entitled “The Human Rights Advocates in Post Revolution Procedure”. The Report particularly relates to the student-activists, women human rights defenders […]
The Decision of the the Criminal Court of Appeal on the Early Conditional Release of the Life Convict
On November 6 of 2018, the RA Criminal Court of Appeal made a decision to reject the appeal filed to the Yerevan First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction by Araks Melkonyan on the early conditional release of the life convict Yuri Sargsyan. According to the RA Criminal Court of Appeal, by making a decision on […]
Annual report on the activities of the Prison Monitoring Group in 2017
The current report incorporates the findings of the monitorina carried out by the Group of Public Observers Conducting Public Monitoring in Penitentiary Institutions and Bodies of theRepublic of Armenia Ministry of Justice. The facts recorded in the penitentiary institutions in 2017 are presented and analyzed herein in the context of domestic legal regulations, international standards […]
