ARMENIA

Overview
Armenia (Հայաստան, Hayastan), officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն, Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun), is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located in Western Asia, on the Armenian Highland.
The population of Armenia, as of January 1, 2016, is 2,998,600 people. The country’s area is 29,743 km². According to some sources, Armenia ranks at 136 in the world in terms of population and 138 in terms of territory. Nearly 95% of the population are Christians.
Capital: Yerevan
Official language: Armenian
ISHR Armenia Section
The Armenian section of the ISHR was founded in 2007 by journalists, activists and other people that shared same ideas. In 2008 it was registered in Armenia Ministry of Justice as the international Non-Governmental Organization.
For eight years, the ISHR Armenian section is actively engaged in human rights activities in Armenia and in cooperation with other sections of the ISHR. The activities supported by the Armenian section are following the principle of protection and support to the more vulnerable parts of society, which are often not in the public spotlight, our members, journalists actively shed light on such problems and had success in the protection of the rights of these people.
ISHR Armenia is engaged in human rights activities carried out with the help of donors and volunteers. We are protecting the rights of refugees, people with disabilities, implemented the project “Awareness about the rights of disabled persons in Armenia”, published the book “Employment of rights and benefits of persons with disabilities in Armenia”.
Since 2011, we have addressed the protection of the rights of laborers, and created the site www.ishryouth.am. We also implemented a social care project for elderly people with the financial support of the German Embassy in Armenia. Members of our section are mainly active in the social processes in Armenia, defending and supporting justice and democratic values in the country.
News

Final conference of the “Strengthening the rule of law in Armenia and Ukraine”

Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of shooting prisoners of war

Wechange eG invites young people to participate in the “Digital Natives” exchange

ISHR Fair Trial Monitoring in Armenia continues

Armenian PM wins case against Armenia in Strasbourg court

Monitoring of the criminal case on the organization and participation in mass riots and robbery (hearing 12/15/2021).

UN International Court of Justice ruled on temporary measures related to claims of Armenia and Azerbaijan against each other

Monitoring of the criminal proceedings in the case of Armen Charchyan (session 11.02.2021)

Monitoring of the Manuk Avetisyan case (hearing on 11.23.2021)

Monitoring of the civil procedure in the case of the Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology (court hearing on October 27, 2021)

UN Committee recommends Ukraine to protect journalists and Armenia not to oppress protesters

Monitoring of civil proceedings on the collection of fines and penalties for unpaid leave (court hearing on 10.28.2021)

Monitoring of the criminal proceedings in the case of M. Sahakyan and S. Sargsyan (session 10.20.2021).

Monitoring of the criminal proceedings in the case of Gevorg Navoyan and Anahit Grigoryan (session 10.08.2021).

ISHR launched a new project “Strengthening the rule of law in Armenia and Ukraine”
