Research and Analysis
Insights from Surveys Among Military Training Session Participants in the Armed Forces of Armenia
During the period from July to September 2023, Peace Dialogue’s monitoring group conducted a series of surveys. These surveys targeted individuals who had taken part in military training sessions at various intervals, with the goal of gathering comprehensive insights into the human rights conditions experienced during these training sessions.
Arena: Community Theatre and Public Art
Using art, films, and theatre in peace and human rights activism is not new. Many civil society groups around the world use art as a way to enable people to explore human rights, democracy, and peace, even in countries where free voices are restricted. Thanks to the open ended nature of the language used in …
Between Freedom and Security (Research)
The current research has been implemented by Peace Dialogue NGO in the framework of the project Safe Soldiers for a Safe Armenia, which is supported by the Dutch organization PAX. The research aims at studying the perceptions of youth on political developments,foreign policy, safety and a number of other issues in Armenia.
Analysis of the Violations Revealed During the Observation of the Preliminary Investigation and Judicial Processes Regarding Non-combat Fatalities in the RA Armed Forces
Peace Dialogue NGO initiated the publication of this book within in the framework of the project Safe Soldiers for a Safe Armenia of Peace Dialogue NGO. The project Safe Soldiers for a Safe Armenia is supported by IKV Pax Christi.
MILITOCRACY
Do you consider Armenia a militarized state?” If you ask this of an average citizen in Armenia you will probably not receive a definite “yes” or “no” answer. Those who are somewhat aware of this concept or understand its main essence will most likely give you an answer like, “not more than neighboring Azerbaijan or Turkey or the USA or Russia.” They may also answer, “yes, but what is the alternative, considering Armenia՛s geopolitical situation?”
Peace Through the Eyes of Youth
After a series of capacity building exercises, the young leaders from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno-Karabakh that have participated in the project were given the chance to develop their own peacebuilding initiatives. As a partner of the project, Peace Dialogue actively supports and will go on supporting the participants in the process of implementing their own initiatives.
ARMENIANS AND TURKS: LET THE PEOPLE TALK
Armenian-Turkish relations and all the developments related with them continue to be an agenda topic, not only in Armenia and Turkey but other countries as well.