Human Rights & Democratization

Strengthening Security Sector Reform in Armenia: A Collaborative Roundtable Dialogue
Strengthening Security Sector Reform in Armenia: A Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Roundtable Dialogue
November 28, 2024

On November 7-8, 2024, Peace Dialogue NGO and the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), in partnership with the Democracy Development Foundation (DDF), convened a roundtable to assess the current state and chart the future course of security sector reform in Armenia. Supported by the National Assembly and the Ministry of Defence of Armenia, the event provided a platform for key stakeholders to engage in constructive discussions on this critical issue.

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Armenia in Focus: Navigating the Eastern Partnership, Regional Security, and European Integration

November 14, 2024

Edgar Khachatryan“Despite 58% of the Armenian population favoring EU membership, EU-Armenia relations remain vulnerable to Russian influence.”

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Developing Inclusive Oversight of Security Sector in Armenia

June 04, 2022
Developing Inclusive Oversight of Security Sector in Armenia

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.

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Legal Assistance to Conscripts

May 03, 2022
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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.

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Working meeting in Geneva: Effective Security Sector Management and Reforms

May 01, 2022
DCAF

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.

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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
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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
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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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