ACTIVITIES

On October 1-2, within the framework of the Open Narratives project, Peace Dialogue NGO held a meeting during which the participants discussed questions related to possible developments of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and the role of civil society in them, as well as realistic mechanisms and opportunities for activities addressing to the current situation.

In response to the public inquiry on August 30 made by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia to come up with recommendations on the new 2023-2025 Action Plan deriving from the National Strategy for Human Rights Protection, Peace Dialogue NGO presented a package of recommendations consisting of 24 points.

On 1 and 2 June, 2022, the Netherlands-based organization Centre for European Security Studies (CESS) in partnership with Peace Dialogue NGO convened two policy labs discussions in Yerevan on the topic of Democratic Security Sector Oversight. The discussions were organized in the scope of the project Developing Inclusive Oversight of Security Sector (DIOS).

As a first phase of the project, the policy labs discussions were particularly aimed at implementing inclusive and participatory assessment of issues and challenges obstructing the effective democratic oversight of the Security Sector in Armenia.

Peace Dialogue NGO announces its readiness to support protection of conscripts’ rights during 2022 summer conscription for the purpose of avoiding issues raised in the process of ensuring comprehensiveness, completeness, and objectivity of the significant factual circumstances with regard to conscripts’ health condition in the course of 2022 summer conscription.

In order to exclude possible violations of their rights, conscripts can apply to Peace Dialogue NGO to be provided with legal consulting or other necessary professional assistance.

If necessary, please, contact us by email [email protected] or make a phone call by phone numbers +374 (55) 820 632, +374 (77) 188 138 or +374 (99) 888 120.

During the seven-day meeting, the young people participated in photo, video, graffiti, and civic journalism workshops, got acquainted with the journalistic basics and tools, and had the opportunity to apply them in practice. The trainings were conducted by the national group leaders. The Armenian team was represented by independent journalist Mane Papyan and Marianna Khazhakyan from Peace Dialogue NGO.

Edgar Khachatryan, the head of Peace Dialogue NGO, participated in the workshop under the title “Security Sector Governance and Reform: Ensuring effective security sector oversight” which was held on April 25-28, 2022 in Geneva. The event was organized by Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) with the aim to create a platform for key actors of the security sector of the Republic of Armenia to promote democratic and civilian oversight over the sector.

Fourteen 15-18 year old young people from the border regions of Syunik, Tavush, and Gegharkunik, as well as Lori and capital Yerevan took part in the workshop. With this meeting, Peace Dialogue strived to give the participants an opportunity to discuss and ponder over their perceptions on the history of the region with their peers, as well as reflect on their personal and collective memories on past and present events and identify possible ways of sharing those memories and narratives with others.