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CSI organized special training for juveniles serving alternative sanctions
On 2 December 2015 Civil Society Institute NGO in cooperation with “SIAS” Special International Academy of Security organized one-day training for 17 juveniles supervised by the Alternative Sanctions Enforcement...
“Europe Day is an opportunity to see the enormous work being carried out with the EU support”. A.Kirakosyan (photos)
On 24 May the events organized by the EU and dedicated to the Europe Day which has become already a tradition culminated with an information fair at the Northern Avenue, Yerevan. 26 stands presented various projects...
OSCE promotes collaboration among Women’s Resource Centres in Armenia
Yerevan, 7 May 2015 – In an effort to promote collaboration among women’s resource centres, the OSCE Office in Yerevan hosted a delegation from European Association of Women Resource Centres (WINNET) Europe. The Office...
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Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan applied to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia to challenge the constitutionality of several provisions of the Civil Procedure Code regarding the rights of persons with mental...
Press Release by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs
KRAKOW, 27 January 2015 - The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) met with Foreign Minister...
OSCE supports Borderline Reality art exhibition on Human Rights Day to promote rehabilitation of convicted persons in Armenia
On the occasion of Human Rights Day the OSCE Office in Yerevan supported an art exhibition at the newly-opened penitentiary institution in Armavir, which highlights the need for rehabilitating and reintegrating...
“Armavir” PI Will Unburden Other Penitentiary Institutions (Photos)
On November 29 the official opening ceremony of the first building of “Armavir” penitentiary institution was held. Serj Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia, was present at the opening. The first building...
OSCE/ODIHR assessment report recommends more flexibility and transparency in the Armenian legislative process
The legislative process in the Republic of Armenia should be more flexible and participatory, said an assessment report presented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Yerevan on 30...
CSI president Arman Danielyan is reelected in the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
Elections of new members of UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) took place on 23 October 2014 at the United Nations in Geneva. Arman Danielyan,...
The Problems of the Introduction of Probation System Have Been Discussed at the Penitentiary Department
On February 22 a meeting between HaykKhemchyan, the coordinator of the project “Support to the Establishment of Probation Service in Armenia”implemented by the Council of Europe and Martin Saddon, probation...