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Armenia to protect human rights with innovative applications of a contest winners
"Social Innovation to Restart Human Rights” contest of ideas was held in Armenia with the support of the European Union, UNDP and the Human Rights Defender's Office. YEREVAN, March 23. /ARKA/. "Social Innovation to Restart Human Rights” contest of ideas was held in Armenia with the support of the European Union, UNDP and the Human Rights Defender's Office. The aim of the competition ...
03/24/2023ARKA’s exclusive interview with Karen Babalyan, senior lawyer at Ameria CJSC
ARKA’s exclusive interview with Karen Babalyan, senior lawyer at Ameria CJSC ARKA – How would you assess the legal framework regulating the acquisition and protection of property rights, and what are the main challenges in the relating legislation? K. Babalyan – The Civil Code, which is the main legal act regulating legal relationships with respect to acquisition, transfer, disposal of property and property rights, was adopted ...
10/01/2012Armenian human rights defender calls for halting the process of defining Armenia's borders with Azerbaijan
The process of defining Armenia's border with Azerbaijan has no legitimacy and should be immediately stopped or revised, Armenian human rights defender Arman Tatoyan said today. YEREVAN, January 20. /ARKA/. The process of defining Armenia's border with Azerbaijan has no legitimacy and should be immediately stopped or revised, Armenian human rights defender Arman Tatoyan said today....
01/20/2021Linking determination of Armenia's state border with law on administrative-territorial division is fundamentally unacceptable, human rights defender says
The approach, according to which the determination and change of the state border of Armenia is linked with the law on the administrative-territorial division is fundamentally unacceptable, Armenian human rights defender Arman Tatoyan said on his Facebook page. YEREVAN, December 31. /ARKA/. The approach, according to which the determination and change of the state border of Armenia is linked with the law on the administrative-territorial division is ...
12/31/2020Armenian human rights defender accuses secretary of Security Council of open manipulations
Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan lashed out today at the Secretar of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan, who accused him of political bias, saying the latter exceeds his powers and resorts to open manipulations. YEREVAN, November 3. /ARKA/. Armenia’s ...
11/03/2021Armenian human rights defender accuses Azerbaijan of grossly violating international humanitarian law
Citing a statement issued by Azerbaijani foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov on May 11 regarding the Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan as hostages, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan accused Azerbaijan of grossly violating the international humanitarian law, including human rights law. YEREVAN, May 12, /ARKA/. Citing a statement issued by Azerbaijani foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov on May 11 regarding ...
05/12/2021Human Rights Watch: Armenian POWs abused in custody in Azerbaijan
... Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) from the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, subjecting them to cruel and degrading treatment and torture either when they were captured, during their transfer, or while in custody at various detention facilities, Human Rights Watch said today in a statement. YEREVAN, March 19. /ARKA/. Azerbaijani forces abused Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) from the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, subjecting them to cruel and degrading treatment and torture either when they were ...
03/19/2021CoE: humanitarian and human rights protection needed following the 2020 outbreak of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh
One year after the signing of the trilateral statement which ended the 2020 outbreak of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, published a memorandum addressing the humanitarian and human rights consequences of the conflict and formulates eight recommendations for urgent human rights protection, the Council of Europe said today. YEREVAN, November 8,...
11/08/2021Three new projects with total budget of 1.7 million euros launched in Armenia with support of European Union
Three new projects with the total budget of 1.7 million euros have been launched in Armenia with the support of the European Union designed to protect the labor and social rights of the country's residents. YEREVAN, June 11. /ARKA/. Three new projects with the total budget of 1.7 million euros have been launched in Armenia with the support of the European Union designed to protect the labor and social rights of the country's ...
06/11/2021UN to extend $72 million loan to Armenia for 2010-2015
...,” the premier said, stressing the role of the five-year rural community development programs. He expressed a hope that UNDP would keep contributing to Armenia’s dynamical development. The prime minister thanked the UN resident representative ... ... Armenia. The second goal of the program is to boost social services and contribute to democratic management, protecting the human rights in Armenia, combating corruption and strengthening public involvement in those initiatives. The program also focuses on ...
07/27/2009UN Human Rights Council: reports on violations of rights of Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh require investigation
In a joint statement issued at the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva on October 11, 34 countries expressed deep concern over the grave humanitarian and human rights crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN, October 12. /ARKA/. In a joint statement issued at the 54th session of the UN Human ...
10/12/2023Human rights defender: criminal presence of Azerbaijani armed servicemen in sovereign territory of Armenia grossly violates rights of border residents
The criminal presence of the Azerbaijani armed servicemen in the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia grossly violates the rights of the border residents of Armenia, Human Rights Defender (HRD) Arman Tatoyan said today in a statement. YEREVAN, May 14. /ARKA/. The criminal presence of the Azerbaijani armed servicemen in the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia ...
05/14/2021Armenian Human Rights Defender provides additional information to international organizations on urgency of return of Armenian captives from Azerbaijan
Armenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan said today he has sent an official letter to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, the Council of Europe and the UN Commissioners for Human Rights and other international bodies, providing additional ...
04/19/2021US Department of State’s report on human rights practices for 2018 says there are no political prisoners in Armenia
The US Department of State’s Report on Human Rights Practices for 2018 in Armenia says following the post “velvet revolution” release of certain individuals considered by some local human rights NGOs to be political detainees, there were no reports of political prisoners or detainees in the ...
03/14/2019Project with $1.4 million budget to strengthen role of Armenian women in politics and decision-making bodies
... often underutilized, and their participation and representation in local decision-making processes remains low. He stressed that UNDP, together with its partners, will support policy reforms to empower women and young people, as well as expand innovative ... ... processes. Margarita Hakobyan, executive director of the OxyGen Foundation, said their organization highlights the problem of equal rights and opportunities. According to her, the problem of women's participation in politics is the most important area of their ...
02/25/2019Bavra - Ninotsminda border crossing point capability enhancement project presented
... Georgia. Panel speakers included Arthur Baghdasaryan, secretary of the Armenian National Security Council, Patrice Coeur-Bizot, UNDP Resident Representative a.i., Ambassador Traian Hristea, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, and Gagik Khachatryan, Chairman ... ... in a range of subjects, including document security, risk assessment and profiling, search techniques, international property rights and identification of counterfeit goods, refugee law and asylum rights, shift management, etc. -0-
02/06/2013Armenian Human Rights Defender reports about accumulations of military equipment and Azerbaijani troops near the borders of Armenia and Karabakh
In a statement issued on Wednesday Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan expressed grave concern over the accumulation of military equipment and armed forces by Azerbaijan on the border with Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN, September 14. /ARKA/. In a statement issued on Wednesday ...
09/14/2023Pegasus spyware was used to hack devices of 12 Armenian journalists, human rights defenders and activists
Security researchers and digital rights organizations believe that the government of Azerbaijan used spyware produced by NSO Group to target a government employee, journalist, activist and the human rights ombudsman in Armenia in an all-out war, according to ustoday.news. YEREVAN,...
05/25/2023Masterminds of Armenian pogroms in Azerbaijan’s Sumgait remain unpunished
Edward Nalbandian, Armenian foreign minister, speaking Tuesday at the High Level Segment of the 37th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, said that this year Armenia marks the 70th anniversaries of two fundamental documents in the field of human rights protection, namely the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the ...
02/28/2018Armenian human rights defenders warn against withdrawal from Armenia's lawsuits against Azerbaijan
Human rights defenders of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are seriously concerned about the statements made by the highest authorities of Armenia about the potential withdrawal of Armenia's lawsuits against Azerbaijan from international courts and other instances,...
03/18/2024Azerbaijan's impunity for use of illegal force has led to new territorial claims to Armenia - Ararat Mirzoyan
Since 2020 the international human rights law and international humanitarian law have been continuously violated in our region, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said Tuesday speaking at the High-level Segment of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council. YEREVAN, February ...
02/28/2024Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender says Azerbaijan kidnapped three students in Lachin corridor
Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender Gegham Stepanyan said three residents of Nagorno-Karabakh who were traveling to Armenia through the Lachin corridor accompanied by Russian peacekeepers were abducted today by Azerbaijani border guards. YEREVAN, August 28. /ARKA/....
08/28/2023Mirzoyan: Azerbaijan continues to breach principles of international human rights law
'In the atmosphere of total impunity, Azerbaijan continues to breach principles of the international human rights law and international humanitarian law,' Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said at the Human Rights Council 52nd Session on Tuesdayю YEREVAN, March 1 , /ARKA/. 'In the atmosphere of total impunity, Azerbaijan continues to breach ...
03/01/2023Armenian consumers should know their rights and learn how to protect them
Armenian consumers should know their rights and learn how to protect them, Melita Hakobyan, the chairman of the National Association of Consumers, said today at a news conference called ahead of World Consumer Rights Day, marked on March 15. YEREVAN, March 14. /ARKA/. Armenian consumers ...
03/14/2016Expert: infringement on consumers’ rights commonplace in Armenia
Consumers’ rights are infringed everywhere in Armenia, Lusine Yagubyan, the chair of the Consumer Rights Protection Organization, said on Tuesday in Novosti International Press Center. YEREVAN, March 15. /ARKA/. Consumers’ rights are infringed everywhere ...
03/15/2011Armenian Education Ministry And UNDP Sign Memorandum Of Understanding To Teach School Students Human Rights
... today a Memorandum of Understanding. YEREVAN, July 15. / ARKA /. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Yerevan Office and the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenian signed today a Memorandum of Understanding. The document, signed by UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia Dafina Gercheva and Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan, formalizes bilateral cooperation aimed at developing a comprehensive national action program for the school system to teach human rights. According to Ashotyan, this is a long-term program. He said earlier implemented similar projects were supported by grants and could not fill in the gap. "We have not yet developed a long-term strategy, have not identified the shortcomings ...
07/16/2011Armenian Education Ministry and UNDP sign memorandum of understanding to teach school students human rights
... today a Memorandum of Understanding. YEREVAN, July 15. / ARKA /. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Yerevan Office and the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenian signed today a Memorandum of Understanding. The document, signed by UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia Dafina Gercheva and Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan, formalizes bilateral cooperation aimed at developing a comprehensive national action program for the school system to teach human rights. According to Ashotyan, this is a long-term program. He said earlier implemented similar projects were supported by grants and could not fill in the gap. "We have not yet developed a long-term strategy, have not identified the shortcomings ...
07/15/2011Azerbaijan continues to hold Armenian POWs- ministry
... remain unclarified, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said today in a statement timed to to the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, established by the UN General Assembly in 2010, as a reminder of the horrific violations of human rights caused by enforced and involuntary disappearances. YEREVAN, August 30, /ARKA/. After the ceasefire signed on November 9, 2020, (ending hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone) Azerbaijan continues to hold Armenian prisoners of war,...
08/30/2022Armenian Human Rights Defender Reports Violations During Detention of Protesters
The Office of the Armenian Human Rights Defender urged today in a statement riot police to avoid use of disproportionate force against opposition supporters who have been protesting in the capital Yerevan for several days already trying to make Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan step down....
04/29/2022Armenian human rights defender sounds alarm: alternative road from Kapan to Chakaten is in the crosshairs of Azerbaijani troops
Armenia’s human rights defender Arman Tatoyan said in a Facebook post today that the safety of residents of several villages in the southeastern province of Syunik – namely Tshakaten, Shikahogh, Srashen, Nerkin Hant, Tsav and Shishkert- is being threatened by Azerbaijani ...
12/01/2021Human rights defender says Armenian government fails to fulfill its obligations to border residents
One of the main reasons behind the problems with Armenia's state borders is that the government ignores the rights of border residents in particular and human rights in general in its decisions or discussions, human rights defender Arman Tatoyan said today in a statement. YEREVAN, June 8. /ARKA/. One of the main reasons behind the problems with ...
06/08/2021Armenian human rights defender calls for creation of security zone in Syunik
... Azerbaijani soldiers deployed along the border with Armenia are hurling stones on civilian cars with Armenian license plates riding along a section of the road between the Armenian towns of Goris and Kapan which is controlled by Azerbaijan, Armenia's human rights defender Arman Tatoyan called for creation of a security zone in the southern Armenian province of Syunik. YEREVAN, April 7. /ARKA/. Citing a string of reports that Azerbaijani soldiers deployed along the border with Armenia are hurling stones ...
04/07/2021Armenian human rights defender to UN Human Rights Council: Azerbaijan abuses legal procedures and politicizing the issue of repatriation of prisoners
Armenia's Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan said he has sent a detailed report to the UN Human Rights Council stating that the Azerbaijani authorities are delaying the return of the captives and are grossly violating international mandates and requirements. YEREVAN,...
02/16/2021Human Rights Watch warns of further humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh
Georgi Gogia, the Human Rights Watch associate director for Europe and Central Asia Division, called for urgent steps to avoid humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN, March 23. /ARKA/. Georgi Gogia, the Human Rights Watch associate director for Europe and Central ...
03/23/2022Armenia calls on international partners to step up pressure on Azerbaijan and demand immediate release of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians held in inhumane conditions
... involuntary arrests and declared 30 August as International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances,’ Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said today in a statement. He said victims of enforced disappearance are in fact deprived of all their rights: the right to liberty and security of person, the right to identity and the right to a fair trial. Unfortunately, in many cases they are also deprived of the right to life. ‘On this symbolic day, I would like to once again raise the issue and ...
08/30/2021Armenia must apply to UN to protect rights of its citizens living along border with Azerbaijan
Armenia must apply to the UN to protect the rights of its citizens living in communities, which border Azerbaijan, Armenian human rights defender Arman Tatoyan said at a press conference on Tuesday. YEREVAN, July 13. /ARKA/. Armenia must apply to the UN to protect the rights of its citizens living ...
07/13/2021Armenia's human rights defender asks CoE Committee of Ministers make Azerbaijan return all Armenian captives
Armenia's Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan has officially asked the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to make Azerbaijan return all Armenian prisoners of war and other detainees illegally detained in that country. YEREVAN, April 9. /ARKA/. Armenia's ...
04/09/2021Opposition MP: bill on cutting funding for human rights defender's office may be linked with its head
An Armenian government bill that calls for cutting the funding of the human rights defender's office may be linked with the personality of the human rights defender and has little chance of going through the parliament, the leader of the opposition Bright Armenia opposition faction Edmon Marukyan said today. YEREVAN, March ...
03/15/2021U.K. House of Lords member Baroness Caroline Cox visits Artsakh
Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) human rights defender Artak Beglaryan met today with a delegation led by a member of the United Kingdom House of Lords Baroness Caroline Cox, who have arrived in Artsakh together with Armenian human rights defender Arman Tatoyan. YEREVAN, November 14. /ARKA/....
11/14/2020Key to lasting peace is recognition of human security and rights of Nagorno-Karabakh people. Mnatsakanyan says
Speaking at 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 24, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said the key to resolution and lasting peace in the region is the recognition of the human security and rights of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN, June 25, /ARKA/ ...
06/25/2019Protection of consumer rights is an absolute priority of government, Pashinyan says
Protection of consumer rights is an absolute priority of the government, requiring now a completely new approach, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a conference today dedicated to World Consumer Rights Day. YEREVAN, March 15. /ARKA/. Protection of consumer ...
03/15/2019Council of experts to overview military personnel rights
A council of experts set up by Armenia’s human rights defender will be overseeing all the issues relating to rights of military personnel. YEREVAN, January 9. /ARKA/. A council of experts set up by Armenia’s human rights defender will be overseeing all the issues relating to rights of military ...
01/09/2017Armenia has managed to carry out work to boost child protection over the past 5 years - UN Resident Coordinator
... years, the Armenian authorities have managed to do some work to stimulate child protection, UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia (UNDP) Françoise Jacob said today. Despite numerous challenges, the Armenian authorities have managed to adopt new legislative ... ... education for all, including refugee children from Nagorno-Karabakh,’ Jacob said at a parliamentary hearing on children's rights within the framework of the UN monitoring of Armenia's fourth national report. According to her, a new law on youth is ...
11/11/2024Armenia must ensure consular visits to Armenian captives in Azerbaijani prisons - human rights activist
... to secure the possibility of consular visits to Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan, said Siranush Sahakyan, the head of the Center for International and Comparative Law and representative of Armenian prisoners' interests at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in an interview with the Novosti-Armenia news agency. YEREVAN, March 12. /ARKA/. Armenia is obligated to take all necessary measures to secure the possibility of consular visits to Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan, said Siranush Sahakyan,...
03/12/2025UN High Commissioner for Human Rights underlines importance of free movement through Lachin corridor
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stressed the importance of free movement through the Lachin corridor, when speaking at the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 19. YEREVAN, June 20. /ARKA/. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker ...
06/20/2023Economy of Artsakh suffers $190 million damage because of Azerbaijani blockade
Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) human rights defender Gegham Stepanyan released an extraordinary report in Armenian, English and Russian languages on the violations of individual and collective rights of Artsakh people as a result of the 100-day blockade by Azerbaijan. YEREVAN, March ...
03/21/2023Movement along Lachin corridor should be restored to prevent deterioration of humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh - CoE Commissioner for Human Rights
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović said today in a statement that all those responsible for maintaining public order and security of the Lachin Corridor should take all the necessary steps to restore movement along that road as a matter of urgency and prevent a ...
12/22/2022Human rights defender slams former prosecutor general for suggesting to change constitution to allow death penalty for treason
Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Kristine Grigoryan slammed today the already former Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan for suggesting to amend the Constitution to allow death penalty for treason. YEREVAN, September 1. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Kristine ...
09/01/2022Some 303 Armenians still missing after 44-day war- human righst defender
On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, established by the General Assembly of the United Nations, Armenia's Human Rights Defender Kristinne Grigoryan issued a message that reads as follows: YEREVAN, August 30, /ARKA/. On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, established by the General Assembly of the United Nations, Armenia's ...
08/30/2022Mirzoyan to UN High Commissioner: Armenian prisoners of war and civilians illegally detained in Azerbaijan
On March 1, within the framework of the 49th session of the High-Level Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan met with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michel Bachelet. YEREVAN, March 1, /ARKA/. On March 1, within the framework of the 49th session of ...
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