On April 20, 2007 the Hagharcin Music School’s Folk Instrumental Department’s students gave a performance at Yerevan’s infamous Sayat Nova Music School. Classical music pieces were performed with not only traditional Armenian folk instruments but also with the piano and violin. Also participating the concert were pupils of the Sayat Nova Music School.
Tsakhgadzor, March 31-April 1, 2007 -- Civil Society Network program organized this past weekend an intercommunity youth forum geared towards promoting youth involvement in the upcoming parliamentary elections in May 2007.
The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) publish the English version of the annual report of their joint programme, The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. The section related to Armenia is based on the joint report issued by FIDH and CSI. The following is an excerpt from the report Release of Mr. Vahe Grigoryan1 On February 15, 2006, Mr. Vahe Grigoryan, a lawyer and head of the Right-Legal ...
On March 15th the dialogue which took place at the Marriot Hotel among the RA Ombudsman and civil society representatives initiated efforts to nominate a working group which will prepare a legislative package to regulate the establishment and activities of the National Preventative Mechanisms under the OPCAT.
On January 23, 2007 was held a seminar “Perspectives of the OPCAT implementation in Armenia”, for the representatives of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. High level representatives from closed institutions under the Ministry of Defense, such as institutions under the jurisdiction of the Military Police, OSCE and OSI, relevant NGO representatives participated in the seminar.