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UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE 59 Session 7 November to 7 December 2016 PARTNERSHIP for OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE's J
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE 59th Session 7 November to 7 December 2016 PARTNERSHIP FOR OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE’S JOINT SUBMISSION TO THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE ON THE FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OF PUNISHMENT October 17, 2016, Yerevan, Armenia Hereby, the Partnership for Open Society Initiative,1 representing more than 60 civil society organizations, presents a joint submission prepared by the following civil society organizations, public monitoring groups, human rights lawyers and attorneys: 1. Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women; 2. Center for Rights Development NGO; 3. Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression; 4. Foundation Against the Violation of Law NGO; 5. Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly–Vanadzor; 6. Helsinki Committee of Armenia Human Rights Defender NGO; 7. Journalists' Club Asparez; 8. Open Society Foundations – Armenia; 9. Protection of Rights without Borders NGO; 10. Rule of Law Human Rights NGO; 11. Group of Public Monitors Implementing Supervision over the Criminal-Executive Institutions and Bodies of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia; 12. Public Monitoring Group at the Detention Facilities of the Police of the Republic of Armenia; 13. Davit Khachaturyan, Justice Group, Open Society-Foundations-Armenia, Expert, Ph.D; 14. Inessa Petrosyan, Attorney; 15. Tigran Hayrapetyan, Attorney; 16. Tigran Safaryan, Attorney; 17. Vahe Grigoryan, Attorney, Legal Consultant at EHRAC (Middlesex University). Contacts Persons David Amiryan Karine Ghazaryan Open Society Foundations-Armenia Open Society Foundations-Armenia Deputy Director for Programs Civil Society Program Coordinator E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 1 http://www.partnership.am/en/index 1 Contents INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................... -
Local Level Risk Management M a N U
LOCAL LEVEL RISK MANAGEMENT M A N U A L Y E R E V A N 2012 1 LLRM EXECUTIVE LOCAL LEVEL RISK IMPLEMENTATION BACKGROUND 2 3 SUMMARY MANAGEMENT (LLRM) / FORMAT EXPERIENCE IN ARMENIA VULNERABILITY AND GENERAL APPROACHES AND CAPACITY 1.1 INFORMATION 2.1 3.1 PRINCIPLES APPLIED ASSESSMENT (VCA) HAZARDS RESOURCES AND THREATENING 3.2 PRACTICAL CASES TOOLS ARMENIA PROCESS A PREPARATORY PHASE DATA COLLECTION B AND RESEARCH C ANALYSIS D TOOL KIT PLANNING DRR MAINSTREAMING INTO DEVELOPMENT PLANS / DESCRIPTION AND PLANNING TOOLS IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION DRR AND CLIMATE LLRM RISK MANAGEMENT DRR AND GENDER M A N U A L EQUITY 2 Authors: Ashot Sargsyan UNDP, DRR Adviser Armen Chilingaryan UNDP, DRR Project Coordinator Susanna Mnatsakanyan UNDP DRR Project VCA Expert Experts: Hamlet Matevosyan Rector of the Crisis Management State Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Hasmik Saroyan Climate Risk Management Expert LLRM/VCA implementation Armen Arakelyan Specialist Head of “Lore” Rescue Team This manual is prepared and published with financial support from UNDP within the framework of the Project Strengthening of National Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction Capacities in Armenia. Empowered lives The views expressed in the publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the Resilient nations United Nations or UNDP. 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This manual is a result of consolidation of collective efforts of many professionals and experts from different organizations and agencies – members of the UN extended Disaster Management Team, which worked during the years hand-to-hand to support and facilitate the strengthening of Disaster Management national system in Armenia. -
List of Issues Prepared by the Committee to Be Considered During the Examination of the Third Periodic Report of Armenia (CAT/C/ARM/3)
United Nations CAT/C/ARM/Q/3/Add.1 Convention against Torture Distr.: General 10 April 2012 and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment English only or Punishment Committee against Torture Forty-eighth session 7 May–1 June 2012 List of issues prepared by the Committee to be considered during the examination of the third periodic report of Armenia (CAT/C/ARM/3) Addendum Written replies from the Government of the Armenia to the list of issues (CAT/C/ARM/Q/3)* [28 March 2012] * In accordance with the information transmitted to States parties regarding the processing of their reports, the present document was not formally edited before being sent to the United Nations translation services. GE.12- CAT/C/ARM/Q/3/Add.1 Articles 1 and 4 1. The Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia is recently amended with the purpose to bring it in line with the Convention, in particular all the definitions and phrases used in the Convention were included in the articles of torture. All the articles containing the torture elements were amended. The English version of the amendments will be presented as soon as possible. 2. There have been no officials convicted of tortures against those having committed crimes against the person. 3. Two (2) cases were reviewed under Article 119 ("Torture") of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia in 2008. With respect to one of them - G. Alaverdyan’s case - the Court of First Instance delivered a criminal judgment on 2 December 2008 on finding the defendant guilty of committing a crime envisaged under Article 119(2)(3) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia and imposed a punishment in the form of imprisonment for the term of 3 (three) years. -
Agricultural Value-Chains Assessment Report April 2020.Pdf
1 2 ABOUT THE EUROPEAN UNION The Member States of the European Union have decided to link together their know-how, resources and destinies. Together, they have built a zone of stability, democracy and sustainable development whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and individual freedoms. The European Union is committed to sharing its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders. ABOUT THE PUBLICATION: This publication was produced within the framework of the EU Green Agriculture Initiative in Armenia (EU-GAIA) project, which is funded by the European Union (EU) and the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), and implemented by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia. In the framework of the European Union-funded EU-GAIA project, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) hereby agrees that the reader uses this manual solely for non-commercial purposes. Prepared by: EV Consulting CJSC © 2020 Austrian Development Agency. All rights reserved. Licensed to the European Union under conditions. Yerevan, 2020 3 CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 5 1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................... 6 2. OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS OF AGRICULTURE IN ARMENIA AND GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES..................................................................................................................................................... -
Analytical Report
International Organziation for Caucasus Research Resource Centers – ARMENIA European Commission Migration A Program of the Eurasia Foundation “PROFILE OF POTENTIAL LABOUR MIGRANTS” Analytical Report on a Sample Survey Conducted in Armenia (January 2007) in the framework of the IOM project “Informed Migration – An Integral Approach to Promoting Legal Migration through National Capacity Building and Inter-regional DIalogue between the South Caucasus and the EU” Contracting agency: International Organization for Migration Armenia Office Contractor/Implementer: Caucasus Research Resources Centers-Armenia/A program of the Eurasia Foundation Yerevan February 2007 1 Content 1. General Overview of the Conducted Survey ................................................................................................................. 3 1.1. The Survey Scope and Geography ......................................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Survey and Sampling Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.3. Conducting the Survey and the Working Group .................................................................................................... 4 1.4. Fieldwork Results .................................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Analysis of Survey Results .......................................................................................................................................... -
CBD Sixth National Report
SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity EXECUTIVE SUMMERY The issues concerning the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity of the Republic of Armenia are an important and integral part of the country's environmental strategy that are aimed at the prevention of biodiversity loss and degradation of the natural environment, ensuring the biological diversity and human well- being. Armenia's policy in this field is consistent with the following goals set out in the 2010-2020 Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity (hereinafter CBD): 1. Address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by mainstreaming biodiversity across government and society 2. Reduce the direct pressures on biodiversity and promote sustainable use 3. To improve the status of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity 4. Enhance the benefits to all from biodiversity and ecosystem services (hereinafter ES) 5. Enhance implementation through participatory planning, knowledge management and capacity building. The government of the Republic of Armenia approved ''the Strategy and National Action Plan of the Republic of Armenia on Conservation, Protection, Reproduction and Use of Biological Diversity'' (BSAP) in 2015 based on the CBD goals and targets arising thereby supporting the following directions of the strategy of the Republic of Armenia on biodiversity conservation and use: 2 Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity 1. Improvement of legislative and institutional frameworks related to biodiversity. 2. Enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem conservation and restoration of degraded habitats. 3. Reduction of the direct pressures on biodiversity and promotion of sustainable use. -
Violence Against Journalists in Armenia in 2008-9
Contents PREFACE...........................................................................................88 PART I: VIOLENCE......................................................................... 91 Kristine Aghalaryan: Assailants Unknown: Investigation Surrounding Assault on Reporter Dropped.............................................................92 Ararat Davtyan: Mere Coincidence? Vardan Ayvazyan’s Links to Baghdasaryan Assault….......................................................99 Ararat Davtyan: Photo-Journalist’s Attackers Pardoned; Criminal Proceedings Dropped …....................................................106 Ararat Davtyan: Assault on Argishti Kiviryan is Attempted Murder…………………....108 Kristine Aghalaryan: Six Reporters Assaulted During Yerevan Municipal Elections…….. 113 Kristine Aghalaryan: Reporters Prevented From Covering the Story: SMEJA Officials Disagree……………............................................... 117 Ararat Davtyan: T.V. Anchor Nver Mnatsakanyan Assaulted: Perpetrators Never Identified….........................................................119 PART II: JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA IN THE COURTS..... 121 Kristine Aghalaryan: Mayor of Ijevan v Investigative Journalists: Plaintiff to Appeal Lower Court Decision……………........................ 122 A. Simonyan: Municipality of Ijevan v The Investigative Journalists: The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights is like a “Voice in the Desert”……………..........................................126 Kristine Aghalaryan, Ararat Davtyan: Photo-Journalist Gagik Shamshyan -
Towards a National Strategy for Sustainable Sanitation in Armenia
Towards a National Strategy for Sustainable Sanitation in Armenia DISCLAIMER This report has been developed within the framework of The European Union Water Initiative (EUWI) funded by the European Union, implemented by the OECD in partnership with UNECE. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. FOREWORD The project was implemented as part of the National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on water policy in Armenia conducted in co-operation with the European Union Water Initiative (EUWI) in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia and facilitated by the OECD and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The OECD commissioned Trémolet Consulting Limited (UK) jointly with JINJ Ltd. (Armenia), which included Sophie Trémolet, Lilit Melikyan, Kevin Tayler, Eduard Mesropyan and Aida Iskoyan, for the analytical work and whom are also the authors of this report. Tatiana Efimova at the OECD provided essential oversight and inputs. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of participants of the EUWI National Policy Dialogue to the project and to this report, and would like to thank the State Committee of Water Systems of Armenia for a very productive co-operation. The authors thank Xavier Leflaive (OECD) for his valuable comments that helped improve both the content and structure of the report, and express their appreciation to Matthew Griffiths (OECD) for professional contributions to the project at its final stage. In addition, the authors thank Shukhrat Ziyaviddinov, Maria Dubois and Lupita Johanson (all OECD), for their valuable contribution to preparing publication of the report. The views presented in this report are those of the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the Government of Armenia, the European Union, or the OECD and its member countries. -
Genocide and Deportation of Azerbaijanis
GENOCIDE AND DEPORTATION OF AZERBAIJANIS C O N T E N T S General information........................................................................................................................... 3 Resettlement of Armenians to Azerbaijani lands and its grave consequences ................................ 5 Resettlement of Armenians from Iran ........................................................................................ 5 Resettlement of Armenians from Turkey ................................................................................... 8 Massacre and deportation of Azerbaijanis at the beginning of the 20th century .......................... 10 The massacres of 1905-1906. ..................................................................................................... 10 General information ................................................................................................................... 10 Genocide of Moslem Turks through 1905-1906 in Karabagh ...................................................... 13 Genocide of 1918-1920 ............................................................................................................... 15 Genocide over Azerbaijani nation in March of 1918 ................................................................... 15 Massacres in Baku. March 1918................................................................................................. 20 Massacres in Erivan Province (1918-1920) ............................................................................... -
Study of Legal Framework Acting in the Republic of Armenia Regulating the Activities of Cooperatives
Study of legal framework acting in the Republic of Armenia regulating the activities of Cooperatives YEREVAN 2014 Study of legal framework acting in the Republic of Armenia regulating the activities of Cooperatives Necessity and importance of cooperatives................................................. 3 a. Legal acts regulating the activities of cooperatives acting in the Republic of Armenia (Law, Decision of the Government, Normative Act, etc.)................................................................................................. 18 List of the legal acts regulating the activities of cooperative acting in the Republic of Armenia............................................................................... 35 b. Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of legal acts focusing on legal acts related to agricultural cooperatives............................... 36 c. Study and analysis of draft legal acts on cooperatives currently circulated within the RA Government (focusing on agricultural cooperatives); expected outcomes of adoption (approval) of draft legal acts............................................................ 42 2 Study of legal framework acting in the Republic of Armenia regulating the activities of Cooperatives. Necessity and importance of Cooperatives Cooperatives have existed for over two hundred years. Acting in all spheres of economic activity, cooperatives are more durable than investment tended companies. Cooperative model has permanently adapted to the changing conditions, and the innovative new ways of cooperation -
Bi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report
Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring Report Loans 2561 and 2729-ARM July–December 2016 ARM: North–South Road Corridor Investment Program, Tranches 1 and 2 Prepared by the “Organization for Implementation of North–South Road Corridor Investment Program” State Non-Commercial Organization (PIU) based on the monthly Environmental Monitoring Reports of the Project Management Consultant (PMC) This bi-annual environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. (<3nFUhU_<UnU4 6ULU4lUn<U3hL uhauLsph tbn.[nnFuu3hIJ UnUqnh hnUqULUguUt, r'rUeUUqbn.nnFG3nFL,, 4lbSUqUL na Uftb{SnUghL r.,UAUUqbF.qntrGgnFL qLtuu{nn qnPUu.}hn sLonbL .ORGANIZATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NORTH.SOUTH ROAD CORRIDOR INYESTMENT PROGRAM" STATE NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (ruluur,ruLfr (Ll!puqulunLplnL!, <hn +374112)2O-1A 09, 20 l0 l0 4 Tigran Mets Str., Yerevan, Republic of Armenia Te ,1 : +374 112) 2a 10-09, 20-10 l0 / 2017 u2F To: Tomas Herz Sputruqnpurf qttuu4nn r.ftuutrurqbur Senior Transport Specialist a|rupnL ftlnrluru (bpgf tr ADB Un.qnh hLrrlup' 42145 Project number:42145 (tu1 (lnrufru-hruprutl r.uum ruh' 6rutrruqurphru;frfu Armenia: North-South Road Corridor rlfrguLgph trhp4pnLrftulfrtr dnuqhn, Spurtr2bp 1 h 2 Investment Program, Tranches 1 and 2 Unup\ru' 9fru urrl'1ru!ru;f tr pfu ruquh rqrutrru !rutr Subject: Bi-annual Environmental Monitoring ilnbfpnpfrtrqf hu2rlbm rln rp;nrtr, hnqf u-qb11n bdpbp Report July-December 2016 2016p. -
Armenian Tourist Attraction
Armenian Tourist Attractions: Rediscover Armenia Guide http://mapy.mk.cvut.cz/data/Armenie-Armenia/all/Rediscover%20Arme... rediscover armenia guide armenia > tourism > rediscover armenia guide about cilicia | feedback | chat | © REDISCOVERING ARMENIA An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia Brady Kiesling July 1999 Yerevan This document is for the benefit of all persons interested in Armenia; no restriction is placed on duplication for personal or professional use. The author would appreciate acknowledgment of the source of any substantial quotations from this work. 1 von 71 13.01.2009 23:05 Armenian Tourist Attractions: Rediscover Armenia Guide http://mapy.mk.cvut.cz/data/Armenie-Armenia/all/Rediscover%20Arme... REDISCOVERING ARMENIA Author’s Preface Sources and Methods Armenian Terms Useful for Getting Lost With Note on Monasteries (Vank) Bibliography EXPLORING ARAGATSOTN MARZ South from Ashtarak (Maps A, D) The South Slopes of Aragats (Map A) Climbing Mt. Aragats (Map A) North and West Around Aragats (Maps A, B) West/South from Talin (Map B) North from Ashtarak (Map A) EXPLORING ARARAT MARZ West of Yerevan (Maps C, D) South from Yerevan (Map C) To Ancient Dvin (Map C) Khor Virap and Artaxiasata (Map C Vedi and Eastward (Map C, inset) East from Yeraskh (Map C inset) St. Karapet Monastery* (Map C inset) EXPLORING ARMAVIR MARZ Echmiatsin and Environs (Map D) The Northeast Corner (Map D) Metsamor and Environs (Map D) Sardarapat and Ancient Armavir (Map D) Southwestern Armavir (advance permission