Human Rights & Democratization
Court of Cassation Overturns Decision in Soldier Death Case After Peace Dialogue NGO Appeal
Following multiple rejected appeals by the Prosecutor’s Office, the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Gegharkunik Marz, and the Criminal Court of Appeal, Peace Dialogue NGO’s special appeal to the Court of Cassation was accepted on January 31, 2023. The Court of Cassation’s recent ruling annulled the 2022 decision of the Criminal Court of Appeal, upholding the victim’s legal successor’s complaint and highlighting procedural violations during the investigation.
Strengthening Security Sector Reform in Armenia: A Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Roundtable Dialogue
Armenia in Focus: Navigating the Eastern Partnership, Regional Security, and European Integration
“…Despite 58% of the Armenian population favoring EU membership, EU-Armenia relations remain vulnerable to Russian influence…”
Peace Dialogue’s Recommendations on the Actions to Include in the 2023-2025 Action Plan Deriving from the National Strategy for Human Rights Protection
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.
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.
Legal Assistance to Conscripts
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.
Working meeting in Geneva: Effective Security Sector Management and Reforms
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.
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
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.
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.
Summarizing Journalism without Borders intercultural exchange
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.
