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Mission in Armenia 29 March to 3 April 2008
Mission in Armenia 29 March to 3 April 2008 June 2008 - N°499/2 Mission in Armenia, 29 March to 3 April 2008 FOREWORD Alerted by both the "Democracy in Armenia" group and the Civil Society Institute (an FIDH affiliate) to the violent repression that followed the presidential elections in this country in February 2008, the undersigned lawyers and jurist were mandated by the President of the Paris Bar Association (M. le Bâtonnier de l’Ordre des Avocats de Paris) and the International Union of Lawyers (l’Union Internationale des Avocats) on one hand and, on the other hand, the FIDH (International Federation of Human Rights). The mission visited Yerevan from 29 March to 3 April to report on the situation of the right to defend oneself and the right to freedoms in the Republic of ARMENIA following the events that took place in February and March 2008. INTRODUCTION Before considering the legal and juridical context of the mission's work, it is appropriate to recall some chronological milestones to put into perspective the current situation in Armenia and its evolution, seventeen years after the independence of the Republic of Armenia was proclaimed in the Southern Caucasus. - 21 September, 1991: the Republic of Armenia becomes independent following a referendum. - October 1991: Election by universal suffrage of Mr. Levon TER-PETROSIAN, who becomes the first President of the Republic of Armenia. - 1992-1994: Fighting in the autonomous region of Nagorno-Karabakh between the opposing Armenian self- defence forces and the Azerbaijan armed forces. A cease-fire comes into force on 14 May 1994. -
Monitoring of Armenian Broadcast Media Coverage of Elections to Ra National Assembly on April 2, 2017
EU/CoE Joint Project Promote Professional and Responsible Journalism by Supporting Regional Network of Self-Regulatory Bodies MONITORING OF ARMENIAN BROADCAST MEDIA COVERAGE OF ELECTIONS TO RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON APRIL 2, 2017 YEREVAN PRESS CLUB This document has been produced using funds of a Joint Project between the European Union and the Council of Europe. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union or the Council of Europe. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2017 YEREVAN PRESS CLUB www.ypc.am 2 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2017 CONTENTS RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS TO RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON APRIL 2, 2017 4 KEY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE MONITORING OF COVERAGE OF 2017 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 5 REPORT ON MONITORING OF ARMENIAN BROADCAST MEDIA COVERAGE OF ELECTIONS TO RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN 2017 7 GENERAL INFORMATION ON MONITORING 27 MONITORING METHODOLOGY 28 PARTIES/BLOCS INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF MONITORING 33 THE MEDIA STUDIED: BRIEF OVERVIEW 34 TABLES. PRE-ELECTION PROMOTION (MARCH 5-31, 2017) 35 TABLES. AHEAD OF PRE-ELECTION PROMOTION (FEBRUARY 15 - MARCH 4, 2017) 48 3 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2017 RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS TO RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON APRIL 2, 2017 On April 2, 2017, five parties and four blocs took part in the elections to the RA National Assembly by national electoral lists. On April 9, 2017, RA Central Electoral Commission announced the final voting results of the elections to the National Assembly. The votes cast for the parties/blocs were distributed in the following way (in percentage): Party/Bloc % 1. -
Consolidated Financial Statements and Independent Auditor's Report
Consolidated Financial Statements and Independent Auditor's Report “Hayastan” All Armenian Fund December 31, 2013 "Hayastan" All Armenian Fund Consolidated financial statements December 31, 2013 Contents Page Independent auditor’s report 1 Consolidated statement of financial position 3 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 4 Consolidated statement of changes in equity 5 Consolidated statement of cash flows 6 Notes to the consolidated financial statements 8 "Hayastan" All Armenian Fund Consolidated financial statements December 31, 2013 “Hayastan” All Armenian Fund Members of the Board of Trustees as of December 31, 2013 1. Serzh Sargsyan RA President, President of the Board of Trustees 2. Robert Kocharyan RA Ex-president 3. Bako Sahakyan NKR President 4. Arkadi Ghukassyan NKR Ex-president, Vice President of the Board of Trustees 5. Gagik Harutiunyan Vice President of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of RA Constitutional Court 6. Hovik Abrahamyan Speaker of RA National Assembly 7. Tigran Sargsyan RA Prime Minister 8. Eduard Nalbandyan RA Minister of Foreign Affairs 9. Arayik Harutyunyan NKR Prime Minister 10. Arthur Djavadyan Chairman of RA Central Bank 11. Davit Sargsyan RA Minister of Finance 12. Hranush Hakobyan RA Minister of Diaspora 13. H.H. Garegin II Catholicos of All Armenians 14. H.H. Aram I Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia 15. Nerses Petros XIX Tarmouni Catholicos Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church 16. Very Rev. Mkrtich Melkonian Representative of the Armenian Evangelical Church 17. Mike Kharapian Representative of the Armenian Ramgavar Azadagan Party 18. Vagharsh Ehramdjian Representative of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation 19. Ara Boyajian Representative of the S.D. -
Exclusiveparliamentary Elections: Armenia at 25
EXCLUSIVE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: ARMENIA AT 25 FACES THE FUTURE P.20 ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION FEB. 2017 The Promise Overcoming the obstacles as epic story of survival and compassion starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac hits theaters April 21 Armenian General Benevolent Union ESTABLISHED IN 1906 Central Board of Directors Հայկական Բարեգործական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն President Mission Berge Setrakian To preserve and promote the Armenian heritage through worldwide educational, cul- Vice Presidents tural and humanitarian programs Sam Simonian Sinan Sinanian Annual International Budget Treasurer Forty-six million dollars (USD) Nazareth A. Festekjian Assistant Treasurer Education Yervant Demirjian 24 primary, secondary, preparatory and Saturday schools; scholarships; alternative edu- Secretary cational resources (apps, e-books, AGBU WebTalks & more); American University of Armenia; Armenian Virtual College (AVC); TUMO x AGBU Sarkis Jebejian Assistant Secretary Cultural, Humanitarian and Religious Arda Haratunian AGBU News Magazine; the AGBU Humanitarian Emergency Relief Fund for Syrian Honorary Member Armenians; athletics; camps; choral groups; concerts; dance; films; lectures; leadership; His Holiness Karekin II, library research centers; medical centers; mentorships; music competitions; publica- Armenia: Catholicos of all Armenians tions; radio; scouts; summer internships; theater; youth trips to Armenia. Members Holy Etchmiadzin; Arapkir, Malatya and Nork Children’s Centers and Senior Dining UNITED STATES Centers; Hye Geen Women’s -
Privatization, State Militarization Through War, and Durable Social Exclusion in Post-Soviet Armenia Anna Martirosyan University of Missouri-St
University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Dissertations UMSL Graduate Works 7-18-2014 Privatization, State Militarization through War, and Durable Social Exclusion in Post-Soviet Armenia Anna Martirosyan University of Missouri-St. Louis, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/dissertation Part of the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Martirosyan, Anna, "Privatization, State Militarization through War, and Durable Social Exclusion in Post-Soviet Armenia" (2014). Dissertations. 234. https://irl.umsl.edu/dissertation/234 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the UMSL Graduate Works at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Privatization, State Militarization through War, and Durable Social Exclusion in Post-Soviet Armenia Anna Martirosyan M.A., Political Science, University of Missouri - St. Louis, 2008 M.A., Public Policy Administration, University of Missouri - St. Louis, 2002 B.A., Teaching Foreign Languages, Vanadzor Teachers' Training Institute, Armenia, 1999 A dissertation submitted to the Graduate School at the University of Missouri - St. Louis in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science July 11, 2014 Advisory Committee David Robertson, Ph.D. (Chair) Eduardo Silva, Ph.D. Jean-Germain Gros, Ph.D. Kenneth Thomas, Ph.D. Gerard Libardian, Ph.D. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS i -
Forced Displacement in the Nagorny Karabakh Conflict: Return and Its Alternatives
Forced displacement in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict: return and its alternatives August 2011 conciliation resources Place-names in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict are contested. Place-names within Nagorny Karabakh itself have been contested throughout the conflict. Place-names in the adjacent occupied territories have become increasingly contested over time in some, but not all (and not official), Armenian sources. Contributors have used their preferred terms without editorial restrictions. Variant spellings of the same name (e.g., Nagorny Karabakh vs Nagorno-Karabakh, Sumgait vs Sumqayit) have also been used in this publication according to authors’ preferences. Terminology used in the contributors’ biographies reflects their choices, not those of Conciliation Resources or the European Union. For the map at the end of the publication, Conciliation Resources has used the place-names current in 1988; where appropriate, alternative names are given in brackets in the text at first usage. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of Conciliation Resources or the European Union. Altered street sign in Shusha (known as Shushi to Armenians). Source: bbcrussian.com Contents Executive summary and introduction to the Karabakh Contact Group 5 The Contact Group papers 1 Return and its alternatives: international law, norms and practices, and dilemmas of ethnocratic power, implementation, justice and development 7 Gerard Toal 2 Return and its alternatives: perspectives -
Dissertation Final Aug 31 Formatted
Identity Gerrymandering: How the Armenian State Constructs and Controls “Its” Diaspora by Kristin Talinn Rebecca Cavoukian A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Political Science University of Toronto © Copyright by Kristin Cavoukian 2016 Identity Gerrymandering: How the Armenian State Constructs and Controls “Its” Diaspora Kristin Talinn Rebecca Cavoukian Doctor of Philosophy Department of Political Science University of Toronto 2016 Abstract This dissertation examines the Republic of Armenia (RA) and its elites’ attempts to reframe state-diaspora relations in ways that served state interests. After 17 years of relatively rocky relations, in 2008, a new Ministry of Diaspora was created that offered little in the way of policy output. Instead, it engaged in “identity gerrymandering,” broadening the category of diaspora from its accepted reference to post-1915 genocide refugees and their descendants, to include Armenians living throughout the post-Soviet region who had never identified as such. This diluted the pool of critical, oppositional diasporans with culturally closer and more compliant emigrants. The new ministry also favoured geographically based, hierarchical diaspora organizations, and “quiet” strategies of dissent. Since these were ultimately attempts to define membership in the nation, and informal, affective ties to the state, the Ministry of Diaspora acted as a “discursive power ministry,” with boundary-defining and maintenance functions reminiscent of the physical border policing functions of traditional power ministries. These efforts were directed at three different “diasporas:” the Armenians of Russia, whom RA elites wished to mold into the new “model” diaspora, the Armenians of Georgia, whose indigeneity claims they sought to discourage, and the “established” western diaspora, whose contentious public ii critique they sought to disarm. -
Report on Armenian Presidential Elections 2013
ELIAMEP Briefing Notes 12 /2013 April 2013 Report on Armenian Presidential Elections 2013 by Theocharis Grigoriadis Research Fellow, Coordinator of the Programme in Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies, ELIAMEP, Greece Sofia Saridi Intern, Programme in Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies, ELIAMEP, Greece Introduction Armenia is a country in South Caucasus, situated in the northeast of the Armenian Upland. Armenia’s turbulent modern history as a frontier land between Russia, Turkey and Persia makes more relevant than ever the design and implementation of a good neighborhood policy that advances the long-term interests of the country as a meeting point between the East and the West. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, living standards in Armenia were hampered by lawlessness, economic collapse and the Karabakh war with Azerbaijan. Armenian leadership has set for a long time two non-realistic foreign policy objectives: 1. To advance its security and economic relations with the West, while preserving the status of Russia’s closest ally in the former Soviet Union and 2. To attract international support for a favorable resolution of the Karabakh conflict without compromising Armenian diaspora funding with a normalization of its relations with Turkey. Despite efforts in the last 21 years to consolidate democracy and modernize elections, there is still a lot of ongoing criticism about democracy, human rights protection and the rule of law. The recent presidential elections are revealing of the main pathologies underpinning Armenian politics since the beginning of transition in the 1990s. Background Instability and chaos in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse facilitated the emergence of strong executives in Armenian politics. -
Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: the Case of Armenian Democratization
Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 4-2009 Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: The Case of Armenian Democratization Arus Harutyunyan Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Harutyunyan, Arus, "Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: The Case of Armenian Democratization" (2009). Dissertations. 667. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/667 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CONTESTING NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN AN ETHNICALLY HOMOGENEOUS STATE: THE CASE OF ARMENIAN DEMOCRATIZATION by Arus Harutyunyan A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Political Science Advisor: Emily Hauptmann, Ph.D. Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan April 2009 Copyright by Arus Harutyunyan 2009 UMI Number: 3354070 Copyright 2009 by Harutyunyan, Arus All rights reserved. INFORMATION TO USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. -
ANNUAL REPORT 2010 5 Donate.Himnadram.Org Donate.Himnadram.Org 6 HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND Message from Bako Sahakyan, President of the Republic of Artsakh
CONTENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES 3-8 Message from RA President 4 Message from NKR President 6 Board of Trustees 8 ACTIVITY REPORT 9-38 Executive director’s message 10 EDUCATION SECTOR 12-19 Artsakh 12 Armenia 17 HEALTHCARE SECTOR 20-25 Armenia 20 Artsakh 25 OUR SHUSHI 26-29 WATER SUPPLY 30-33 Artsakh 30 Armenia 32 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 34-35 Armenia 34 PRESIDENT’S PRIZE 36 FUNDRAISING 2010 37-38 FINANCIAL REPORT 39-56 Auditor’s report 40 Annual consolidated balance 41 Participation by countries 42 EDUCATION SECTOR 44-47 Armenia 44 Artsakh 46 EDUCATION SECTOR Armenia 48 Artsakh 49 ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURES 50 WATER SUPPLY 51 SOCIAL , CULTURAL AND OTHER PROJECTS Armenia 52 Artsakh 55 GOLDEN BOOK 57-59 donate.himnadram.org 2 HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND Board of Trustees 3 donate.himnadram.org 4 HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND Message from Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia Throughout 2010, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund demonstrated that it remains steadfast in realizing its extraordinary mission, that it continues to enjoy the high regard of all segments of our people. Trust of this order has been earned through as much hard work as the scale and quality of completed projects. Despite the severe economic downturn that impacted Armenia and the rest of the world in 2010, the fund not only stayed the course, but went on to raise the bar in terms of fundraising objectives. Such a singular accomplishment belongs equally to the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund and the Armenian nation as a whole. Development projects implemented in 2010 as well as ongoing initiatives are of vital and strategic significance to our people. -
Abstract. Reconciliation and Regulation of Armenian-Turkish
THE FACTOR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN THE CURRENT ARMENIAN- TURKISH RELATIONS: SCENARIO ANALYSIS ARUSYAK ALEKSANYAN Abstract. Reconciliation and regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations are of great importance, as problematic relations, or more specifically, the absence of official relations such as closed border, create threat to national security and prevent the sustainable development of Armenia, impact on regional stability and on regional cooperation in general. This article is an attempt to study the history of Armenian-Turkish relations of recent times proposing and counting outcomes of their possible future. Consequently, the research goal is to develop scenarios of the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement considering various factors. The research question is what probabilities the scenarios have considering the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and what other factors may influence the reconciliation of Armenia and Turkey? The study is conducted through the analysis of historical-critical, factual and statistical data while the research methods are Delphi method and Scenario analysis with the inclusion of a prob- abilistic assessment of political events’ occurrence in the general algorithm of scenarios construction. INTRODUCTION The declaration of independence of the Republic of Armenian in Septem- ber 1991 brought to a number of changes in domestic and foreign policies of the country. As a subject of international relations, Armenia faced the imperative to develop political conception where Armenian-Turkish bilateral relations were problematic issue. Even so, Turkey was the second state (first after the US) to formally recognize Armenian independence in December 1991. However the recognition wasn’t accompanied with the establishment of diplomatic relations and Armenia’s western border with Turkey remains closed to this day. -
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January 2016 ITORDOBSERVER (70) HUMAND RIGHTS IN #ARMENIA1 Helsinki Committee of Armenia HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMENIA The Project is implementedo with the support from DiiOpent Society Foundationsrd ITORD D OBSERVER #1 2016 Project Director and Person in Charge of the Issue Mr. Avetik Ishkhanian Graphic Designer Mr. Aram Urutian Helsinki Translator Mr. Vladimir Osipov Committee Photoes by Photolure of Armenia News Agency Helsinki Committee Of Armenia Non-govermmental Human Rights Organization State Registration Certificate N 1792 Issued on 20.02.1996 Re-registration 21.05.2008, then 09.01.2013 Certificate N 03 ² 080669. Print run 300 copies Address: 3a Pushkin Street, 0010 - Yerevan, Republic of Armenia Tel.: (37410) 56 03 72, 56 14 57 E-mail:[email protected] www.armhels.com CONTENTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMENIA IN 2015 Human Rights in Armenia in 2015 . 3 Referendum on Constitutional Amendments . 7 The Right to Freedom of Speech . 9 Freedom of Peaceful Assembly . 11 Torture, Violence and Political Persecution . 14 Freedom of Conscience and Religion . 20 Human Rights in Armenia 2015 REPORT The REPORT has been drawn up by Helsinki Committee of Armenia in cooperation with Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression (The Right to Freedom of Speech Section), Collaboration for Democracy Centre (Freedom of Conscience and Religion Section) and Armenian Innocence Project (Issues of Life-termers subsection) non-governmental organizations Helsinki Committee of Armenia 2016 DITORD/OBSERVER #1. 2016 2 Human Rights in Armenia in 2015 12 January 2015, the public felt tering a police wall the protesters turned rally Ondeep indignation and anger into a sit-in and stayed on Baghramyan because of a murder of 7 members of Avenue.