Human Rights & Democratization
Strengthening Security Sector Reform in Armenia: A Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Roundtable Dialogue
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.
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.”
Legal Support for Conscripts and Citizens in Military Reserve Force Trainings
Public Discussion on Human Rights in the RA Armed Forces Held in Vanadzor
The meeting was organized in the framework of Peace Dialogue’s one-year project aimed at raising awareness among local and international communities about the human rights situation in the Republic of Armenia (RA) Armed Forces and mobilizing them to increase public demand for transparency, accountability, and greater respect for human rights in the military. Among the invitees were representatives of state institutions, NGOs, mass media and other interested parties.
Key witness testifies that his testimony was coerced in the wrongful death of Manuchar Manucharyan (Video)
During the hearing on June 2, 2015 concerning the potential wrongful death of Manuchar Manucharyan, Mr. Arthur Abrahamyan was again called to testify. He had testified before that he was on duty the day of the incident. However, in this appearance, the witness renounced most of his previous testimony given during the preliminary investigation explaining that he had given those testimonies under pressure and threatening.
We Have a Right to Know the Truth About the Death of our Children
At the end of 2014, Peace Dialogue NGO filed a lawsuit in order to obtain information on the fatalities of persons serving in the military from the Ministry of Defense in Armenia (MoD). The Administrative Court of the Republic of Armenia (RA) has decided to allow the lawsuit to proceed and will hold hearings on two cases related to this most important issue.
The Perspective of Armenian Youth on Current Political and Civic Developments
For already two weeks Peace Dialogue NGO has been implementing a research within its Safe Soldiers for a Safe Armenia project. The research is aimed at studying the political and civic attitudes and values among young people.
How Democratic and Peace-minded are we?
In the 1980s a group of Jewish scholars and teachers were concerned about the growing hostility towards democratic values and growing ethnocentrism in the Jewish society. They had already recorded long time ago the failure of the education system in the area of peace and democracy.
Partnership Was Established Between Russian and Armenian Human Rights Defenders
While presenting with a speech during the workshop Human rights in the Armed Forces: Systemization of Experience, he announced: “What we have heard during these two days from our Armenian colleagues about the human rights issues in the army makes us feel seriously concerned.”
Fair Court has Issued its First Verdict
The simulated court trial, organized using the conflict modeling methodology, was presented to a number of Vanadzor citizens at the Green House Hotel. It was based on a true story. During the simulated court trial regarding the death of a soldier, the audience took on the roles of all parties and strove to achieve justice for their characters.
