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In this publication we would like to reflect on the situation of peacebuilders in Armenia and Azerbaijan and to show the local voices on the ground. Finalizing this project, we did not find answers to all our doubts and questions, but by sharing our experience we hope to highlight some crucial points, that contribute to the efforts for peace building in the region. Throughout the text, the “CONTACT” initiatives will be introduced in small textboxes to provide some insight into the work “on the ground”.

The second Armenian-Azerbaijani large-scale military confrontation – the 44-day war of 2020, as well as the events preceding it and continuing to this day – not only irreversibly transformed the geopolitical picture of the South Caucasus, but also created favorable conditions and became an incentive for the rearrangement of extra-regional power centers and sometimes unpredictable developments. Does the EU intend to reconsider its actions or approaches related to the South Caucasus after the establishment of a new status quo following the 44-day armed confrontation?

In 2021, the post-war reality in Armenia required more efforts to deal with the war consequences and democracy-related challenges that emerged dramatically in the context of abrupt and occurring social-political developments in the country.

Since 2020, Peace Dialogue is making its best efforts to develop new concepts aimed at fostering human rights protection, advocating for victims of the conflict, and regaining mutual trust and potential of future dialogue between citizens of the societies that have been divided by war.

Below, you can find the outcomes of Peace Dialogue’s activities for the year of 2021.

Within the framework of the monitoring, Peace Dialogue NGO focused specifically on monitoring the implementation of human rights protection activities in the Armed Forces, in particular, the actions concerning the right to life in the armed forces, the prohibition of torture, the right to a fair trial, as well as activities related to women’s rights in the context of the equality and prohibition of discrimination. This report is based on the results of the monitoring of the implementation of defense sector-related actions in the period from January 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021.

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.

The current study was conducted by Peace Dialogue NGO in order to identify the needs of those displaced as a result of a large-scale armed attack on Nagorno-Karabakh on 27 September, 2020. It aims at finding out the issues related to human rights (including the right to life, property, health, education), as well as legal, gender and peace-building spheres that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh faced during and after the evacuation to their temporary or permanent residence.

These circumstances have formed the inescapable backdrop to all of Peace Dialogue’s activities over the last year. To confront these challenges, we initially focused our energies on trying to adapt to the changes forced on us by the Coronavirus pandemic as we attempted to improvise and invent creative ways to continue our strategic activities. At the end of 2020, the post-war reality has forced us to dedicate our efforts to dealing with the consequences of the war, and the challenges to democracy that have arisen dramatically in this post-war context. As we consider our past mistakes and shortcomings, we are now working hard to develop new concepts to help us foster human rights protection, advocate for victims of the conflict, and rebuild mutual trust and dialogue between citizens of the societies that have been divided by war.