Category Archives: NEWS AND EVENTS
Appeal of Armenian NGOs to the UN Secretary General, the Council of Europe and the European Union about the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno Karabakh
On December 15, a group of Armenian civil society organizations appealed to the UN Secretary General, the UN special rapporteurs, the Council of Europe and the European Union bodies with a call for urgent action, regarding the humanitarian crisis created more »
Armenian civil organizations alert the UN about the threat of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh
A group of civil society organizations of Armenia sent a letter to Alice Ndreitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide to United Nations Secretary General, warning about the threat of ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijan against the population of Nagorno more »
OSF Armenia Representative’s speech at “Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War” Event
Warsaw, Poland October 6, 2022 “Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War” Side Event in the framework of Human Dimension Conference of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Open Society Foundations-Armenia Representative Arpi Harutyunyan’s more »
The Consequences of the 44-day war and Azerbaijan’s ongoing aggression have been discussed in Warsaw
On October 6 a discussion entitled “Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War” was held in Warsaw in the scope of Human Dimension Conference of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The event more »
Armenian civil society organizations request OHCHR’s intervention in relation to ongoing aggression by Azerbaijan
A group of Armenian civil society organizations, led by Open Society Foundations – Armenia, submitted a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk calling for OHCHR’s intervention in relation to the ongoing aggression by Azerbaijan more »
Open Society Foundations urge international community to take immediate steps to reinforce a ceasefire along Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan
The Open Society Foundations are urging the international community to take immediate steps to reinforce a ceasefire along Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan, after an outbreak of intense fighting that has killed more than 200 military personnel over the past week. more »
Armenia and Artsakh NGOs present the war crimes of Azerbaijan to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with support of the OSF-Armenia
Through the initiative and support of the Open Society Foundations-Armenia a group of human rights activists from Armenia and Artsakh take part in the ongoing 107th Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva. Inter more »
Armenian civil society organizations submitted report to the UN Committee on racial discrimination against Armenians by Azerbaijan
A group of civil society organizations of Armenia, Open Society Foundations – Armenia, “Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center” NGO, “Protection of Rights Without Borders” NGO, Law Development and Protection Foundation and Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly -Vanadzor submitted an alternative report to the more »
Armenia’s Civil Society Statement on the Situation in Artsakh Presented at OSCE
Armenia’s civil society statement on protection of the rights of Armenian civilian population and security situation in Nagorno Karabagh was presented at the OSCE’s first Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting held on March 28-29, in Vienna. Anna Melikyan, a representative of more »
Civil Society Organizations’ Submission to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries in the Nagorno-Karabakh War
Based on the UN Working Group’s recommendations on the use of mercenaries, a group of Armenian civil society organizations has developed and submitted a comprehensive report on the Use of Mercenaries by Azerbaijan and Turkey in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. more »