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In the months of spring of 2018, The Republic of Armenia witnessed the “Velvet Revolution”, a mostly peaceful transfer of power where the life-long oligarch Serzh Sargsyan stepped down of office following weeks of protests all over the country. The man who came on top was Nikol Pashinyan, a journalist turned critic of the current regime who was able to galvanize the anger of the Armenian populace around him and in a short time turn from an obscure and lesser-known actor in the Armenian political sphere, to become the effective Prime Minister of the country. Since then, his “My Step” party h…

Summary Report Monitoring is a part of any human rights related project, without which it is impossible to achieve tangible legal changes in public life. Human rights activists carry out monitoring to confirm or deny reports of human rights violations, collect evidence of violations, and other data.  The analysis of these data allows further actions to be taken to change the situation. Judicial monitoring is a mean to evaluate the work of courts in general in order to detect violations of the right to a fair trial. “Helsinki Association” human rights NGO (HAHR) has been conducting jud…

On the 30th of November, 2012 “Helsinki Association” human rights NGO summed up Legally educated young citizens as guardians of an independent and transparent judiciary pilot project launched on July 15, 2021. The project aimed to increase transparency in the criminal justice system of Armenia, by encouraging youth participation, on the one hand, and to promote the establishment and development of the institution of court monitoring in the Republic of Armenia, on the other. The final workshop, in which participated 66 more active members of 110 court monitors in Yerevan, Gyumri and Va…

On the 30th of November, 2012 “Helsinki Association” human rights NGO summed up Legally educated young citizens as guardians of an independent and transparent judiciary pilot project launched on July 15, 2021. The project aimed to increase transparency in the criminal justice system of Armenia, by encouraging youth participation, on the one hand, and to promote the establishment and development of the institution of court monitoring in the Republic of Armenia, on the other. The final workshop, in which participated 66 more active members of 110 court monitors in Yerevan, Gyumri and Va…

On July 15, 2021, the Helsinki Association for Human Rights (NGO) launched a new pilot project to enhance transparency in the Armenian criminal justice system by encouraging youth participation. The project – titled Legally educated young citizens as guardians of an independent and transparent judiciary – is implemented together with Solidarity Fund Pl and co-funded by the Polish development cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. The pilot project will last until November 30, 2021. Activities will take place in Armenia’s three largest cities – Yerevan, …

On July 15, 2021, the Helsinki Association for Human Rights (NGO) launched a new pilot project to enhance transparency in the Armenian criminal justice system by encouraging youth participation. The project – titled Legally educated young citizens as guardians of an independent and transparent judiciary – is implemented together with Solidarity Fund Pl and co-funded by the Polish development cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. The pilot project will last until November 30, 2021. Activities will take place in Armenia’s three largest cities – Yerevan, …

Following a series of two-day court observation trainings across Armenia, the Helsinki Association for Human Rights (HAHR), in cooperation with the Eurasia Partnership Foundation and the Human Rights Power, planned and implemented a joint workshop at the Ibis Hotel in Yerevan with journalists, human rights activists, civil society organization members, and representatives from educational institutions on July 22, 2021. More than 50 young people from seven different regions actively participated in the workshop. After a short introductory session, the participants visited the Shengavit Distr…

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The Helsinki Association for Human Rights Protection NGO in Armenia will do auditing mission and report on April 2 during the Parliamentary elections in Armenia, particularly in Erevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor cities. For announcing about the violations of the elections’ procedure contact out office: Moskovyan 8, apart 33/a, Yerevan. Yerevan office  Helsinki Association for Human Rights (010) 53 19 72 Nina Karapetyants (091) 19 30 87 Arman Veziryan (099) 41 79 79 Lilit Tadevosyan (099) 10 32 03     Vanadzor Ararat Margaryan (094) 50 27 29     Gyumri Vahagn…