On the Urgent Need to Implement a System of Transitional Justice
Republic of Armenia National Assembly Prosperous Armenia Party faction leader Tsarukyan’s home search and subsequent interrogation, and the publication of information on a number of criminal cases related to Gagik Tsarukyan has once again drawn the attention of the whole society to the problems of rule of law and corruption and the practices of the […]
Monitoring of the Cases Against RA Supreme Judicial Council in the RA Administrative Court
The Report was elaborated by the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO with the financial support of the “National Endowment for Democracy”. During the months of January-February of 2019, the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO conducted monitoring on the judicial examination of the appeals presented against the Republic of Armenia Supreme Judicial Council being […]
Trials on the Exclusion of Discrimination Demonstrated by the Banks
In December of 2019, on behalf of 4 physical entities the lawyers of the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO filed appeals to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against the banks operating in the Republic of Armenia with the demand to recognize the applied discrimination fact and compensate the moral damages. The applicants were […]
The Decision of CoE Committee of Ministerial on the “M. Saghatelyan v. Armenia” Case
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers published the decision on “Mushegh Saghatelyan v. Armenia” case on June 4 of 2020. The observations on the case presented by the Open Society Foundations – Armenia, Protection of Rights without Borders NGO, Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor Office and Law Development and Protection Foundations, as […]
Observations and Recommendations on the RA Draft Law on “Republic of Armenia Fact-Finding Commission” and other Related Draft Laws
The draft law on “Republic of Armenia Fact-Finding Commission” was elaborated by the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Justice on May 26 of 2020. The Open Society Foundations – Armenia elaborated relevant observation and recommendation package on the draft law, which related to the main functions and authorities of the Fact-Finding Commission, the order of […]
Examination of Cases by the Administrative Court of RA in State of Emergency Conditions
The new Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease pandemic and the state of emergency declared in Armenia by the Government Decree no. 298-N of 16 March 2020 have had essential negative impact on the operation of the Administrative Court of RA. In order to ensure the implementation of the Commandant Decree no. 15 of 24 March 2020 on […]