Human Rights & Democratization

European Union Mission in Armenia - 1st Anniversary: Contributing to Human Security and Confidence-Building
European Union Mission in Armenia – 1st Anniversary: Contributing to Human Security and Confidence-Building
March 15, 2024

On March 14, 2024, a roundtable discussion was convened in Yerevan, featuring Dr. Markus Ritter, Head of Mission of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA), his team, and representatives from the Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF ANP). This meeting was initiated by Edgar Khachatryan, president of the Peace Dialogue NGO and national facilitator of the EaP CSF ANP, with the support of the EUMA team.

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Implementation of Defense Sector-Related Actions in the Scope of 2020-2022 Action Plan Deriving from Armenia’s National Strategy for Human Rights Protection: Public Discussion

October 27, 2021
© 2021. PHOTO BY PEACE DIALOGUE NGO. AUTHOR: VAN

On 23-24 October 2020, Peace Dialogue NGO, in cooperation with the Ministries of Justice and Defense, convened a public discussion on Implementation of Defense Sector-Related Actions in the Scope of 2020-2022 Action Plan Deriving from Armenia’s National Strategy for Human Rights Protection.

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With Support of Peace Dialogue NGO 2,520,157 AMD Confiscated from RA Ministry of Defense in Favour of Citizen

October 17, 2021
With Support of Peace Dialogue NGO 2,520,157 AMD Confiscated from RA Ministry of Defense in Favour of Citizen

On 7 October, 2021, pursuant to the decision made on the administrative case No. VD/1362/05/18, 2,520,157 AMD (App. 5,000 USD) was confiscated from the RA Ministry of Defense in favor of the citizen A.S. through compulsory enforcement.

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Summarizing Journalism without Borders intercultural exchange

July 27, 2021
On 19-23 July 2021, in cooperation with its partners Une Terre Culturelle Association and German-French Youth Office, Peace Dialogue NGO implemented a five-day youth project under the title Journalism Without Borders. The goal of the project was to introduce young people representing Armenia, Germany and France to modern journalism, a number of social media tools, as well as to address the existing issues and challenges in the field and discuss ways of overcoming them.

On 19-23 July 2021, in cooperation with its partners Une Terre Culturelle Association and German-French Youth Office, Peace Dialogue NGO implemented a five-day youth project under the title Journalism Without Borders. The goal of the project was to introduce young people representing Armenia, Germany and France to modern journalism, a number of social media tools, as well as to address the existing issues and challenges in the field and discuss ways of overcoming them.

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What to Expect from the Political Forces that Have Entered the National Assembly of Armenia as a Result of the Snap Parliamentary Elections in 2021

July 14, 2021
© 2021. ILLUSTRATION BY PEACE DIALOGUE NGO

Peace Dialogue NGO studied the election programs of the afore-mentioned political units, the statements made by the representatives of these forces during the campaign, interviews, the ideas and thoughts voiced during the political debates, in order to find out what the visions of these forces are for overcoming the crisis and possible ways to resolve the problems.

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PROSPECT Public Discussion

April 16, 2021
The event was organized in cooperation with Conciliation Resources organization with the financial support of the European Union.

On the initiative of Peace Dialogue NGO, a public discussion entitled Prospect took place on 10-11 April, 2021. The purpose of the meeting was to promote public discourse on possible ways of overcoming the challenges of security, human rights protection and democracy in the newly-created situation as a result of the 44-day war. From a long-term perspective, the event was aimed at shaping a realistic vision of the future with the involvement of various public groups based on critical and self-critical analysis of lessons from the past and the present.

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Prohibition of Torture։ Informational Video for Conscripts

March 24, 2021
We call your attention to an informational video made specifically for conscripts, which tells about the right to refrain from torture and degrading treatment during military service, the state's obligations to ensure the right, as well as possible actions that should be taken to prevent violation of the right.

We call your attention to an informational video made specifically for conscripts, which tells about the right to refrain from torture and degrading treatment during military service, the state’s obligations to ensure the right, as well as possible actions that should be taken to prevent violation of the right.

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Monitoring Results of Defense Sector-Related Actions in the Scope of 2020-2022 Action Plan Deriving from Armenia’s National Strategy for Human Rights Protection

March 13, 2021
THE MONITORING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEFENSE SECTOR-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF 2020-2022 ACTION PLAN DERIVING FROM THE RA NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS IS CARRIED OUT BY PEACE DIALOGUE NGO WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF GRANTS PROVIDED BY THE GERMAN FEDERAL FOREIGN OFFICE (REPRESENTED BY THE EMBASSY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IN ARMENIA) AND OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS-ARMENIA.

This report is devoted to the monitoring of the implementation of the defense sector-related actions in the period from January 1 to December 31, 2020.

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