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POLITICAL REPRESSION PRECEDING THE JUNE 7, 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA AND ITS IMPACT ON CITIZENS’ RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION OF WILL
(Fact-Finding and Analytical Report)  June 18, 2026  Executive Summary  This report examines the pre-election environment preceding the June 7, 2026 parliamentary elections in Armenia and assesses whether the cumulative...
The EU funded Juremonia Project closure event
The EU funded Juremonia Project closure event today marked the conclusion of a collaborative effort to strengthen justice, dialogue, and cooperation. The event reflected on key achievements, including enhanced...
Workshop: Armenia’s security environment, the existing challenges, and ways to overcome them.
Within the framework of the programme “Engaging Armenian society and the government in shaping an agenda for a secure region”, another meeting took place on October 27 at the Civic Youth Centre between civil society...
Call for proposals. Crisis Support for the Forcibly Displaced People from Nagorno Karabagh (Social Rehabilitation)
The consortium of Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC), Penal Reform International (PRI), Social Justice (SJ) NGO and Civil Society Institute (CSI) NGO has launched a “Justice Reforms Monitoring in Armenia” (JUREMONIA)...
Call for proposals. Crisis Support for the Forcibly Displaced People from Nagorno Karabagh (Access to Justice)
The consortium of Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC), Penal Reform International (PRI), Social Justice (SJ) NGO and Civil Society Institute (CSI) NGO has launched a “Justice Reforms Monitoring in Armenia” (JUREMONIA)...
Amulsar gold mine: a test for Armenian democracy, a human and environmental failure for development banks
For 15 years, two of the world’s largest development banks financed an Armenian gold mine that harmed the environment and the rights of local communities. Civil society activists were critical of the mine, blocking its...
Study tour to Romania_CSI Anti-Corruption Experience Exchange Between Romania and Armenia: Study tour
On May 2-6 the Caucasus Institute and the Expert Forum (EFOR) (Romania) organized a visit of an Armenian delegation to Bucharest in the framework of the project "Anti-Corruption Experience Exchange Between Romania and...
CSI New Penitentiary and Probation Strategy– challenges and solutions
A conference on “New penitentiary and probation strategy – challenges and solutions” took place on April 13, 2022 in Yerevan. The speakers at the conference were Arpine Sargsyan, Deputy Minister of Justice, Artak...
Amulsar Mine in Armenia: Government Must Avoid Potential Environmental and Human Disaster
Erevan-Paris, XX June 2019 – Later this month the Armenian government will decide whether to allow mining company Lydian Armenia to resume its Amulsar mine operations. Initiated in a climate of corruption, the...
Armenia: Judicial harassment and defamation campaigns against several environmental defenders
ARM 001 / 0519 / OBS 045 Judicial harassment/ Smear campaigns  Armenia May 24, 2019 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT),...