Category Archives: ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum’s Armenian National Platform Statement on Azerbaijan’s closure of the Lachin corridor and creating a humanitarian disaster in Artsakh
The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum’s Armenian National Platform (hereinafter, EaP CSF ANP) strongly condemns Azerbaijan’s blockade of the only road connecting Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) with Armenia and the world on December 12, which was followed by the closure of natural more »
Press Release 08.12.2022 Civil society statement regarding the suppression of environmental activists by the judgments of the judicial system in the Republic of Armenia
On December 28, 2009, “Lydian Armenia” CJSC (formerly “Geotim” CJSC) despite numerous violations of the legislation received permission from the RA government to operate the Amulsar gold mine. Residents of Jermuk community and surrounding villages, being very worried about the more »
Statement by Open Society Foundations–Armenia
Since early 2021, Open Society has been engaged in broad transformation that aims to strengthen its impact for human rights and democratic freedoms—including a review of its more than 20 semi-autonomous national foundations around the world, as it shifts to more »
Call for Action: Decisive Measures Needed for Preventing Ethnic Cleansing or Worse in Nagorno-Karabakh
TO: Alice Ndreitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide to United Nations Secretary General FROM: “For Equal Rights” NGO, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly – Vanadzor NGO, Law Development and Protection Foundation, Open Society Foundations – Armenia, Protection of Rights without more »
Statement on the election of a judge investigating corruption crimes by the Supreme Judicial Council
On November 21, 2022 the Supreme Judicial Council elected Mnatsakan Martirosyan as a judge investigating corruption crimes from the 2 candidates participating in the interview stage, with 6 votes in favour and 3 against. We, the undersigned civil society organizations, more »
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM’S ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM STATEMENT ON THE NECESSITY FOR ARMENIA TO LEAVE THE COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANISATION
The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum’s Armenian National Platform (hereinafter, EaP CSF ANP) expresses its deep concern related to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (hereinafter, CSTO) upcoming meeting on November 23, 2022, in Yerevan. Recent geopolitics and regional developments have more »
Civil society organizations՛ concerns on the amendments of Judicial Code
We, representatives of the undernoted civil society organizations, forewarn that draft amendments (hereinafter the Draft) in the Republic of Armenia Constitutional Law on Judicial Code of the Republic of Armenia developed by the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Justice and more »
STATEMENT
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, express our deep concern with the nomination and election of members of the ruling “Civil Contract” party and affiliated individuals actively involved in politics to public positions at the independent state bodies. In particular, more »
Armenian Civil Society Appeal to Human Rights Institutions
Just after midnight on September 13, 2022 Azerbaijan launched a large-scale attack and invasion of the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia shelling civilians, civilian infrastructure, and other civilian objects along Armenia’s eastern border and deeper beyond the frontline. more »
STATEMENT OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM’S ARMENIAN NATIONAL PLATFORM ON THE CONDEMNATION OF RACIST ACTIONS IN AZERBAIJAN REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF ARTSAKH (NAGORNO KARABAKH) AND THE NEED TO RESTORE ARMENIAN TOPONYMS ON THE “GOOGLE MAPS” PLATFORM
In the autumn of 2020, in violation of the 1st and the 33rd Articles of the United Nations Charter on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes, the Republic of Azerbaijan unleashed a war against the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). more »