Rapports annuels de l’AED

February 12, 2025 Statement  of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform on the adoption of the Law “On Launching the Accession Process of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union”   The European Union-Armenia Civil Society Platform welcomes the National Assembly’s adoption of Law “On Launching the Accession Process of the Republlic of Armenia to the European Union” on February 12, 2024. We deeply appreciate the efforts invested by the members of this initiative, including

On December 4-5, 2024, a workshop was held in Tsaghkadzor on the topic of "Legal Writing and Research for the Constitutional Court and Court of Cassation of the Republic of Armenia." The event was opened with welcome remarks by Lousineh Hakobyan, President of the “Europe in Law Association” human rights organization, Marieke Monroy-Winter, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Armenia, Vahe Grigoryan, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court, and Joanna Korner, International Criminal Court

With regard to the implementation of the CEPA and the progress of EU-Armenia relations in general, the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform: 1.Welcomes the start of the visa liberalisation dialogue between the European Union and Armenia announced on 9 September 2024; at the same time, calls on the Armenian authorities to make consistent efforts to meet the EU benchmarks crucial for future visa-free travel for Armenian citizens to the EU with regard to documentary security, border and

On August 14-15, a workshop was organised in Tsaghkadzor by Europe in Law Association for the representatives of the legislative, judicial and executive branches of power within the project Support to the Armenian Authorities in the ICC Rome Statute Post-Ratification Processes, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Armenia. The workshop brought together renowned international and national speakers, including Joanna Korner, Judge with the International Court, Eleni Chaitidou, Senior Legal Officer

On July 17, Lousineh Hakobyan attended the meeting of the interagency commission tasked with overseeing the implementation of the Armenia – EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, held at the government headquarters and chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan. The meeting was attended by the representatives of state institutions, including the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on European Integration, and civil society representatives. Hakobyan highlighted that the Platform will

In response to the proposal, put forth by a number of civil society and political forces on holding a referendum on the European future of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, stated that he did not know the extent to which the EU was ready to engage with Armenia. Lousineh Hakobyan, lawyer, the President of Europe in Law NGO and co-coordinator of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform, addressed this and

The focus of another discussion held within Support to the Institutional Reforms of the Constitutional Court project was Decision 1699 of the Constitutional Court. This decision was based on the application, authored by the human rights activist Artak Zeynalyan.According to Zeynalyan's explanation, Decision 1699 of the Constitutional Court, dated November 7, 2023, addresses a constitutional dispute on whether the statute of limitations on applying for judicial protection under civil law shall extend to cases where

Representatives from Armenia's judiciary, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as Europe in Law Association NGO, paid a study visit to the Kingdom of the Netherlands from June 30 to July 4. The visit was organized within the framework of the project Support to the Armenian Authorities in the Rome Statute Post-Ratification Processes, featuring meetings at the headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. The delegation

The EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform (EU-ARM CSP) is one of the bodies set up within the framework of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the European Union (EU) and Armenia. It enables civil society organisations (CSOs) from both sides to monitor the implementation process, and prepare recommendations for the relevant authorities. The fourth meeting of the EU-ARM CSP was held on 14 March 2024 in Yerevan, Armenia. With regard to the implementation of

On 19 March, the official launch of the project Support to the Armenian Authorities in the ICC Rome Statute Post-Ratification Processes was held. Mr Ara Mkrtchyan, Deputy Minister of Justice and H.E. Ambassador Jaap Frederiks, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Armenia delivered welcoming remarks to the participants of the event. Mr Mkrtchyan expressed gratitude to the Government of the Kindgom of Netherlands for its well-coordinated and comprehensive support

On 14 March 2024, the 4th bilateral meeting of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform was held in Yerevan. Ms Lousineh Hakobyan and Mr Simo Tiainen, Co-Chairs of the Platform, delivered welcoming addresses to the participants. This was followed by the welcoming remarks of Mr Karen Nazarian, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, H.E. Vassilis Maragos, Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Mr Samvel Mkrtchyan, Head of the Europe Department of the

On February 22, the Final Report and the website of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform were presented. Mr Mher Grigoryan, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, Mr Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of the RA National Security Council, H.E. Ambassador Vassilis Maragos, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, and Mr Simo Tiainen, Co-Chair of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform from the European Side delivered welcoming remarks. Ms Lousineh Hakobyan, Co-Chair of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform (Europe

On 26-27 January, a workshop on the domestic legal framework and the international standards of professional ethics and integrity was held with the justices and specialised staff of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia. Judge Esther de Rooij, Vice-President of the Court of Amsterdam and Ms Haykuhi Harutyunyan, former Chairperson of the RA Corruption Prevention Commission were the invited speakers for the event. Justice Vahe Grigoryan, Vice-President of the Court, Justice Seda Safaryan,

On 19 December, the advisory opinions on visa facilitation and readmission and police reforms developed under the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform were discussed with the representatives of the state bodies and other stakeholders. The advisory opinions were developed by Mr Stepan Grigoryan, President of the Analytical Centre for Globalisation and Regional Cooperation and Mr Daniel Ioannisyan, Coordinator of Programmes with the Union of Informed Citizens. Ms Arpine Sargsyan, Deputy Minister of the Interior, Mr Frank Hess,

The EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform notes several publications by the media and expert circles on the problematic process of election of the two members of the Corruption Prevention Commission (hereinafter: also the Commission). According to these publications, the ruling My Step faction has a decision not to vote in favour of one of the candidates – Ms Haykuhi Harutyunyan, who has held the position of the Chairperson of the Commission until recently. According to these

On 11 December, the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform held a meeting with the Government and other stakeholders to discuss the 11 advisory opinions that have been produced within the framework of the EU-funded project Monitoring of CEPA Implementation by Civil Society in Armenia. Mr Paruyr Hovhannisyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia,  H.E. Vassilis Maragos, EU Ambassador to Armenia, Mr Karen Karapetyan, Deputy Minister of Justice, Mr Rafayel Gevorgyan, Deputy Minister of Economy and

Lousineh Hakobyan, the President of Europe in Law Association and the Co-Chair of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform spoke at the Independence Forum convened upon the initiative of the Armenian National Platform of the EaP Civil Society Forum. She stressed the importance of the speedy ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court which will enable protection of the citizens of Armenia from the gravest international crimes and make it possible for Armenia

The EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform (CSP) is one of the bodies set up within the framework of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the European Union and Armenia. It enables civil society organizations from both sides to monitor the implementation process, and prepare its recommendations to the relevant authorities. The third meeting of the CSP was held on 12 September 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.  On the  implementation of the EU-Armenia CEPA, the members

Managed to raise a number of issues, including : - the potential for stronger cooperation with CoE structures, such as the Venice Commission and the DG1 in the area of monitoring and standard-setting; - need for closer cooperation between the CoE and the European civil society platforms in Armenia and for standing by these platforms that are experiencing difficult times nowadays; - structure this cooperation in a way that it will also benefit the forgotten

On 29-30 July, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia held its first summer school for the students of the law faculties of Armenian universities. The summer school was organized by Europe in Law Association in the framework of the project Support to the Institutional Reforms of the Constitutional Court financed by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Armenia. 22 students from Yerevan State University, the American University of Armenia, Eurasia

What is the biggest impact of the Decision no 1680 of the Constitutional Court on the Armenian legal system? What impact will it have in the future in the process of checking the constitutionality of international treaties or laws? This decision of the Constitutional Court is about constitutional axiology. The fundamental message of this decision is reminding first and foremost the Court’s position expressed in its earlier 2021 decision that any interpretation of a constitutional

The International Criminal Court investigates and tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community. The Court is participating in a global fight to end impunity. Through criminal justice, the Court aims to hold those accountable for their crimes and to help prevent these crimes from happening in the future. The Court, however, cannot reach these goals alone. As a court of last resort, it seeks to complement, not replace, national

The International Criminal Court investigates and tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community. The Court is participating in a global fight to end impunity. Through criminal justice, the Court aims to hold those accountable for their crimes and to help prevent these crimes from happening in the future. The Court, however, cannot reach these goals alone. As a court of last resort, it seeks to complement, not replace, national

On 24 May, the project “Support to the Institutional Reforms of the Constitutional Court” was launched. It aims to promote the process of institutional reform of the Constitutional Court of Armenia. The project will be implemented by the NGO Europe in Law Association with the financial support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Armenia. In his welcoming address, Mr Arman Dilanyan, the President of the Constitutional Court, expressed

SELECTIVE JUSTICE MUST BE EXCLUDED IN ARMENIA On 31 March, the ruling Civil Contract faction of the National Assembly disseminated information, according to which Mher Sahakyan, a member of parliament from opposition, physically attacked Vladimir Vardanyan, Chairman of the State and Law Committee during a committee in-camera session, which caused an injury to the latter. Two days later, Karen Mkrtchyan, an Armenian from diaspora disseminated information via social networks, according to which Alen Simonyan, the

On 3 March 2023, the first meeting between the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform and the RA Government members was held upon the initiative of the Platform. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan. The format of cooperation between the Platform and the Government was discussed. Lousineh Hakobyan, the Co-Chair of the Platform introduced the steps taken by the Platform in the area of monitoring of the CEPA implementation and the planned actions.

On 21 February, Lousineh Hakobyan, President of Europe in Law Association spoke during the closing event of the Project Support to the judicial reform – enhancing the independence and professionalism of the judiciary in Armenia.  The Project aimed at further promoting judicial independence, the effectiveness of legal proceedings and access to justice in Armenia by providing support to the post constitution justice reform processes in the fields of justice, judiciary and disciplinary frameworks. Lousineh Hakobyan

26.01.2023   Since 12 December 2022, the Lachin corridor, the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabagh with Armenia, has been blocked by Azerbaijani 'environmental activists', with the silent support of Russian peacekeepers. This has obstructed the free movement of people, goods and services between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, and left over 120 000 Armenians of Nagorno-Karabagh in dire humanitarian conditions. The blockade is accompanied by regular obstructions of gas flows from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabagh, exacerbating the crisis caused

December 17, 2022 The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum’s Armenian National Platform (hereinafter, EaP CSF ANP) strongly condemns Azerbaijan’s blockade of the only road connecting Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) with Armenia and the world on December 12, which was followed by the closure of natural gas supply to Artsakh. As a result of this new blockade, thousands of citizens are left on the road, families are separated, the entire population of Artsakh is left without heating, and

On 14 December, Europe in Law Association and Council of Europe Office in Yerevan jointly held the presentation of the Armenian translation of ‘Taking a Case to the European Court of Human Rights’ by Philip Leach. The co-editors of the Armenian version of the book, Ms Lousineh Hakobyan, President of Europe in Law Association and Mr Vahe Grigoryan, Justice of the RA Constitutional Court spoke about the book during the presentation. In her remarks, Ms

On 27-28 October, ELA’s president Lousineh Hakobyan participated in the IV Women Constitution Makers’ Dialogue organized by Interntional IDEA in the Haague, Netherlands. This year, the topic of the two-day high-level conference was Constitutional Approaches to Decentralisation: Elements, Challenges and Implications. Lousineh Hakobyan made a presentation on the decentralization challenges for Armenia. In her presentation, she also touched upon the history of the decentralization reform in the country, touching inter alia upon the obstacles to

On 19 October ELA’s President, Lousineh Hakobyan, together with her Dutch colleague, Esther de Rooij, Deputy President of the Court of Amsterdam presented the Action Program to Support the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia. The Action Program was developed in the framework of the project Advisory Support to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia implemented by the Dutch Center for International Legal Cooperation in partnership with the Europe in Law Association

STATEMENT by co-chairs of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform established under the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement   21.09.2022 On 13 September 2022, Azerbaijani armed forces launched an offensive on the sovereign territory of Armenia, directly targeting the eastern and south-eastern border towns of Goris, Kapan, Jermuk, Vardenis and Sotk and a number of bordering villages, and attacking both military and civilian targets indiscriminately. As a result of this attack, the number of killed and

Statement of the Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum on the current state of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and the recent act of aggression initiated by Aliyev’s regime against Armenia and the Azerbaijani society     19 September 2022 Azerbaijani authoritarian regime’s attack on the sovereign territory of Armenia, launched on September 13, is another violent wave of the long-lasting conflict that continues to destroy infrastructures, and harm nature. As a result

On 5 September 2022, ELA representatives Lousineh Hakobyan and Tigran Yegoryan met with Justice Albie Sachs, former judge to the South African Constitutional Court (1994-2009), prominent human rights defender and political activist. Justice Sachs spoke about the process of constitution-making in South Africa in 1990s, as well as the fight of the African National Congress against the regime. The progress of the Armenian constitutional reform was discussed too. At the end of the meeting Justice

On 1 September 2022, Lousineh Hakobyan, President of ELA Co-Chaired the inaugural meeting of the EU-Armenia Civil Society Platform, at the end of which the first joint statement of the Platform was adopted. The members of the Platform discussed the progress of implementation of CEPA, the position and role of civil society in the process, and the Rules of Procedures of the Platform. At the end of the meeting the members of the Platform adopted

'This visit cannot be deemed as a regular visit. It was an exclusive visit, and we are happy that the newly elected President of the Venice Commmission chose Armenia for one of her first visits. She was here to participate in a conference jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the Armenian Constitutional Court under the heading 'Judiciary as the Guardian of Democracy.' Indeed, this was very symbolic, and it is of utmost importance

On 21 March 2022, the project ‘Advisory Support to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia’ with financial support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Armenia was launched. The implementing partners for the project are the Dutch NGO Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC) and the Armenian NGO Europe in Law Association (ELA). The overall goal of the project is to assist the Armenian Constitutional Court in

On the War of Russia against Ukraine   March 4, 2022   On February 23, 2022 the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a special military operation in Donbas, which was followed by a large-scale attack on Ukraine by the Russian armed forces in several directions. The hostilities continue up until now, causing a large number of casualties, wounded, refugees, environmental, economic and cultural disaster, and a destruction of an

On the Ongoing Aggression by Azerbaijan against the Republic of Armenia   November 18, 2021 On 27 September 2020 Azerbaijan, supported by Turkey and with the involvement of terrorist mercenaries, launched a wide-scale offensive on Nagorno Karabagh in violation of the 1994 casefire agreement, its committments in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group to resolve the Karabagh conflict without resorting to the use of force and the provisions of the UN Charter on the

To the President of the European Council, Mr. Charles Michel To the President of the European Commission, Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen     Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum STATEMENT On the Situation in the South Caucasus Region   Yerevan, January 30, 2021   The Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF ANP) states that the September-November 2020 war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh)

On September 27, 2020, the dictatorial regime of Azerbaijan launched a large-scale attack along the entire line of contact of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) using heavy artillery, tanks, aircraft and missiles. Towns and villages in Artsakh are being bombed, including the capital city of Stepanakert, as well as the border of Armenia in the direction of the town of Vardenis. Azerbaijan specifically targets the civilian population in gross violation of international humanitarian law and with absolute

On September 14,2020 the RA National Assemblywill discuss the issue of electing Yervand Khundkaryan, Edgar Shatiryan and Arthur Vagharshyan, candidates for the three vacant positions of judges of the RA Constitutional Courtin an extraordinary session. The Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum has been following the developments around the Constitutional Court over the past two years and occasionally expressed concerns about them. Two years after the2018 revolution, the government finally expressed

EU and EaP Foreign Ministers  7 September 2020   Statement of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum on the illegal detention ofmembers of the EaP CSF Andrei Yahorau and Irina Sukhyin Minsk   The Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum strongly condemns the unjustified and illegal detention of our colleaguesAndrei Yahorau and Irina Sukhy on September 5 and 6 in Minsk by people in plainclothes without any identification

On fraudulent elections and post-electoral violence in Belarus  August 14, 2020   The Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum is deeply concerned over the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus and the post-electoral developments accompanied by violence. We condemn the disproportionate use of force by law enforcement officers since August 9, 2020 and the use of police gear against peaceful demonstrators and violations of the fundamental human rights. The presidential elections were

ON SUPPORT TO THE AUTHORITIES IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND REFORM OF THE JUDICIARY 25 June 2020 The Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum: - HAVING REGARD  to the importance of consistent, participatory and transparent implementation of sectoral and institutional reform in Armenia; - CONSIDERING it apparent that the fight of the new authorities against corruption and illegality driven by the public demand has encountered resistance by the successors of

Declaration of the 11th Annual Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) EaP4EU: Joining forces for a win-win partnership Brussels, 4-6 December 2019   We, civil society organisations from the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and European Union (EU) member states, having gathered in Brussels, address this Declaration to the Heads of State and Government and the EU institutions in preparation of the sixthEastern Partnership Summit.   Preamble   - We celebrate the 10th

An organization, which does not have official access to the procedural, non-public, restricted documents of the Venice Commission, published the protocol part related to the Republic of Armenia, which was presented during the plenary session of the Venice Commission on July 15 of 2019. According to the highlights of the translated version of the protocol, (…) 1. The RA authorities accepted that the current vetting process is neither necessary nor useful. 3. The wording “judge”-“member” of the

The Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF ANP) expresses its deep concern with regard to the crisis over the RA Constitutional Court (CC). Without commenting on the well-known contradictions in the statements of the newly elected judge Vahe Grigoryan and members of the Court, we state the following.  For many years, the Armenian judiciary, including the Constitutional Court, has not enjoyed public trust, has failed to meet the standards

  JUDGE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA  To: The President of the Republic of Armenia The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia The Government of the Republic of Armenia The General Assembly of Judges of the Republic of Armenia Members to the Constitutional Court Ms. A. Gyulumyan Ms. A. Petrosyan Mr. H. Nazaryan Mr. F. Tokhyan Mr. A. Khachatryan Mr. H. Tovmasyan Mr. A. Tunyan Judge to the Constitutional Court

  JUDGE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA To: The President of the Republic of Armenia The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia The Government of the Republic of Armenia The General Assembly of Judges of the Republic of Armenia  Members to the Constitutional Court Ms. A. Gyulumyan Ms. A. Petrosyan Mr. H. Nazaryan Mr. F. Tokhyan Mr. A. Khachatryan Mr. H. Tovmasyan Mr. A. Tunyan  Judge to the Constitutional Court

On 7 June 2019 Ms Lousineh Hakobyan, President of the Europe in Law Association was elected as the National Coordinator of the National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) aims to strengthen civil society in the Eastern Partnership countries as well as foster cooperation and the exchange of experience between civil society organisations from partner countries and the EU. EaP CSF’s mission is to facilitate

In 2018 the Europe in Law Association was elected as a Delegate to the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum by the Armenian National Platform of the EaP Civil Society Forum. The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) aims to strengthen civil society in the Eastern Partnership countries as well as foster cooperation and the exchange of experience between civil society organisations from partner countries and the EU. EaP CSF’s mission is to facilitate and strengthen the active and expert engagement

On 25-26 April 2019, Mr Tigran Yegoryan, Senior Legal Adviser with the human rights NGO Europe in Law Association, monitored the process of written examinations held with a view to replenishing the list ofcandidates for judges in the area of civil, criminal and administrative law specialisations. ELA will continue its observation mission also during the process of interviews with the applicants and issue its final observation mission report. The report will contain recommendations on the

Project Duration:             01/01/2019 – 31/10/2019 Grant Amount:                 8000 Euro Funding Organisation:   Prague Civil Society Center  General Objective of the Project: The general objective of this project is to increase the level of awareness of both the Armenian public and the international organisations of the work of ELA, and the political and legal processes taking place in new Armenia. Project Description: The aim of the project is to enhance awareness of the ELA work, as

Project Duration:                 01/05/2018 – 31/10/2018 Grant Amount:                      29 410 Euro Funding Organisation:      European Endowment for Democracy In 2015 a constitutional referendum was held in Armenia upon the initiative of ex-President SerzhSargsyan. Despite the fact that the results of the referendum were seriously questioned by both the international and domestic observation missions (See the relevant reports of

ELA continues to monitor the contest for the election of a judge to Armenia’s Constitutional Court. In the framework of this monitoring effort ELA reviewed the documents posted on the website of the parliament submitted by Gor Hovhannisyan, the candidate nominated by the RA President and found a number of discrepancies between the information in his CV and the documents substantiating this information. ELA made inquiries to the relevant organisations on this information and submitted

  On 09.04.2019 ELA’s representatives, lawyers LousinehHakobyan and Tigran Yegoryan conducted training for lawyers practicing in Armenia and the representatives of the RA State Migration Service upon the invitation of the UNHCR on the topic of writing quality cassation appeals in the context of the procedures for determining the refugee status. In the course of the training ELA’s Senior Legal Adviser Tigran Yegoryan first spoke about the procedural and admissibility aspects relevant to the submission

Հեղինակ(ներ)՝ «Քաղաքացի դիտորդ» նախաձեռնություն Տարեթիվ՝ 2016 Ոլորտ(ներ)՝ Սահմանադրական հանրաքվեի դիտորդություն Շնորհատու կազմակերպություն(ներ)` Ժողովրդավարության ազգային հիմնադրամ (NED - National Endowment for Democracy), Ժողովրդավարության եվրոպական հիմնադրամ (EED - European Endowment for Democracy), Երևանում Գերմանիայի դաշնային հանրապետության դեսպանատուն և Եվրոպական միություն հայերեն.pdf

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"European Union Law" NGO Year: 2018, August Process of selection of the Constitutional Court Judge to the Republic of Armenia English.pdf

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On 13 March 2019, the Europe in Law Association monitored the interviews held by the Working Group convened by the RA President for collecting advisory opinions on the best candidate for the position of a judge to the RA Constitutional Court to be nominated to the Parliament by the President. ELA monitored the interviews of two applicants – VaheGrigoryan and Martin Manoukyan. ELA was represented by three observers: LousinehHakobyan, advocate, President of ELA, TigranYegoryan, advocate,

The Prime Minister’s ‘Dear Zaven, everything will be all right’ cannot be like a firework vanishing in the air. It is very difficult to find people who will get a multilayered faction and still call on the people to continue to fight. Zaven is one of these few. Not only has Zaven not recovered during the past 10 months but he also suffered losses of his construction business. It is time for the Prime Minister

On February 9-10, LousinehHakobyan and Tigran Yegoryan, representatives of the Europe inLaw Association NGOan participated in a workshop organized by the Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) NGO entitled “Strengthening women’s political participation and leadership” upon the invitation of MrStepan Grigoryan, the President of the NGO.The participants of the discussion were mostly representatives of political parties from Armenia.The discussion aimed at raising awareness of participants on the importance of women’s involvement and leadership

Advisory Support to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia On 21 March 2022, the project ‘Advisory Support to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia’ with financial support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Armenia was launched. The implementing partners for the project are the Dutch NGO Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC) and the Armenian NGO Europe in Law Association (ELA). The overall goal

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The author (s), by the European Union Law Enforcement NGO, within the framework of the Civic Leader Initiative Year 2018, May 02.04.2017 Process of complaints filed by court in result of elections; National Democracy Fund, Joe- the National Institute for Democracy and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Tbilisi English.pdf

English.pdf   Appendix No. 3 Table of Comparisons of the Textbook by Candidate A. Harutyunyan entitled “Fundamentals of EU Law” published in 2011 and the textbook published under the editorship of Sergey Kashkin entitled “European Union Law” demonstrating plagiarims of a significant amount of text from the second book. Appendix No. 4 Letters of refusal by the Ministry of Justice to the written requests submitted by the NGOs “Europe in Law Association” and the “Helsinki

Appendix No 1. The Commission adopted Decision No 3-L on September 1, 2014 setting the maximum scores for the evaluation of candidates against the selection requirements as 100 Appendix No. 2. Decision No 1-L by the Commission for Selection of Candidates for the Position of a Judge to the ECtHR by the Republic of Armenia “On Endorsing the Requirements for Candidates to Be Nominated for the Position of a Judge at the ECtHR on behalf

“I am 45 years old and I went to participate in protests on April 16 after chemotherapy. I went for a new life, for the future of my child, fort he future of my country,”says Zaven Grigoryanwho got a multilayer fraction of his leg due to the use of special means by the police during the April Revolution. On April 16, Zaven Grigoryan went to take part in a demonstration on Baghramyan Avenue immediately after

“One month was stolen from me,” Ashot Gevorgyan says, talking about the April Revolution, when on April 16, during his lunch break at the Academy of Fine Arts, he went to the French Square and headed to Baghramyan Avenue as he was following Nikol Pashinyan. “We were all walking peacefully with our hands in the air when the policemen came right over us and started scaring us with batons and pushing us. Before even reaching

Government to discuss on the draft of the Electoral Code reform project. Live

The Special Investigative Service was silent for nearly 2 months in respect of Arman Gharibyan, journalist and co-founder of the Human Rights Power NGO, after Arman had been subjected to violence by a policeman during a peaceful protest on April 17. Though a criminal case was instituted, it is not moving forward. The SIS has not yet found the police officer who committed violence. Arman Gharibyan participated in the protests until April 16 as an

“Now I can only hope that this lasting break will be effective for the proceeding softhe case, and that this well-publicized case in volving so manypeople will not beclosed,”says VruyrTadevosyan, a journalistfor Public Radio, who was subjected to violence by a group of masked people in the Avan district of Yerevanon April 22. Duringthe April revolution, journalist Vruyr Tadevosyan was subjected toviolence while fulfilling his professional duties. “To clarify the situation,I went to Avan Acharyan

Sculptor Sarkis Babayan was seriously injured on the back and legs on April 16, 2018, on Baghramyan Avenue. That day, he participated in the inauguration of his exhibition at 36 Isahakyan Street, after which he had to go to the Square of France to join the popular movement. “I joined the movement because I wanted to live in a country where the state borders are protected, where education is of high quality, where high values

Wiretapping: a threat to national security.

The record is not enough to make conclusions. Lousineh Hakobyan

Game rules

"The inhuman treatment of the bread bringer has been politically motivated and all the culprits should be punished." Lawyer.

Only after the revolution was it possible to move the case of the "bread bringer" to the SIS. Lawyer

The main confusion comes from the expression "transitional justice"

The responsible for the order 0038 is Commander-in-Chief Robert Kocharyan

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Denmark is currently chairing the Council of Europe, and is planning another inter-governmental conference on reform of the Court, in Copenhagen in April. In preparation for that, the Danes have released a draft Declaration: https://menneskeret.dk/…/draft_copenhagen_declaration_05.02… It is a very worrying document, which, in effect, challenges the independence and authority of the Court in a number of ways. ELA has joined its international partners’ detailed response to the Declaration, which you may find below: http://ehrac.org.uk/…/Joint-NGO-Response-to-the-Copenhagen-…

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LETTER TO MR. NILS MUIZNIEKS, COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 21.07.2016 Dear Commissioner Muiznieks, On 17.07.2016 the RA National Security Service (NSS) issued a statement, according to which earlier that day an armed group had seized the premises of the Patrol Service Regiment of the RA Police and taken several policemen as hostages. The group, which calls itself “Sasna Tsrer” (the Daredevils of Sassoun), has put forward certain demands, including the resignation of the incumbent

June 28, 2017 COI submitted 96 complaints to the RA Administrative Court   The Citizen Observer Initiative (COI) has submitted 96 complaints to the RA Administrative Court, appealing the decisions of the Territorial Electoral Commissions and the Central Electoral Commission on electoral violations registered by observers during the 2017 Parliamentary Elections. The complaints are related to numerous violations of objective and subjective electoral right registered by citizen observers acting on behalf of the organizations acting

Dear citizens! The Armenian authorities are planning to hold a referendum on December 6, 2015 on changing the RA Constitution, which will alter all except two of the articles in the current Constitution. Elections in Armenia have always been marred with serious breaches of the rights of citizens to freely express their will and the right to equal suffrage, which serves as an obstacle for full exercise of the people’s power. During recent years one

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On 17.07.2016 the RA National Security Service (NSS) issued a statement informing the Armenian public that earlier on the same day an armed group had seized the premises of the Patrol Service Regiment of the RA Police and taken some police officers as hostages. The armed group calling themselves “Sasna Tsrer” (the Daredevils of Sassoun) has put forward certain demands, including the resignation of the incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, release of Zhirayr Sefilyan, leader of

Today, on 25.02.2016 I visited my client Vardgez Gaspari who has been placed in Noubarashen detention facility. However, I was not allowed to meet with him by the administration of the facility, which referred to the letter sent by Neli Baghdasaryan, judge at the General Jurisdiction Court of Shengavit Administrative District notifying that advocates Tigran Yegoryan and Lousineh Hakobyan had been removed from the proceedings and that only Davit Gyurjyan is Gaspari’s defence counsel. Neli

Yesterday, on 24 February 2016, Ms. Anahit Ayvazi, the wife of arrested Armenian civic activist Mr. V. Gaspari,applied to the European Court of Human Rights for an interim measure under Rule 39 of the Rules of the Court, requesting the Court to indicate to the government of Armenia to take immediate and all necessary measures for security and safety of Mr. Gaspari.   Mr. V. Gaspariwas arrested on 19 February 2016 and on 22 February

On 19 February, 2016, Vardges Gaspari was detained on the basis of the unlawful decision of the General Jurisdiction Court of Shengavit Administrative District of Yerevan. Anahit Ayvazi, Gaspari’s wife has not been given a permission to meet with her husband so far. Today, on 24 February, Gaspari has been taken to “Norq” psychiatric centre to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination. Tigran Yegoryan and David Gyurjyan, Gaspari’s attorneys hurried to the psychiatric centre to participate

Citizen Observer Initiative Observation of the constitutional referendum National Endowment for Democracy, EED - European Endowment for Democracy, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Yerevan and the European Union english.pdf

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The Armenian authorities are planning to hold a referendum on December 6, 2015 on changing the RA Constitution, which will alter all except two of the articles in the current Constitution. Elections in Armenia have always been marred with serious breaches of the rights of citizens to freely express their will and the right to equal suffrage, which serves as an obstacle for full exercise of the people’s power. During recent years one of the

During its June 9-10, 2015 session the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter: the Committee) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (hereinafter: the PACE) recommended “by a narrow majority, the candidature of Mr. Armen Harutyunyan, over that of the candidature of Ms. Liana Hakobyan, as the most qualified candidate”[1] for the position of a judge to the ECtHR in respect of Armenia”. The Human

If you closely follow the political and social developments in Armenia you have surely noticed a bearded elderly man in his 60s lying on the ground with a poster in his hands or shouting out at the Police during almost all protest actions. Photo journalists definitely are fond of taking a few shots of him each time they see him in the crowd.   But the man does not attend the protest actions with an intention

“The Observers’ Call to the CoE Bodies and Options for the Solution of the Problem 8.1. Summing up our observations of the 2015 contest, the observers hereby note that: 8.1.1. Under no circumstances can it be considered transparent in view of the facts described in this Report. The Commission concealed from public in an expremely organized and consistent manner important information of public interest concerning the Candidates and other contestants in blatant violation of Article

Today, at around 7.50a.m. advocates of the Europe in Law Association NGO (hereinafter: ELA) started receiving unabated calls informing them that representatives of the RA Police broke into the apartments of the RA citizens motivating their actions as being carried out in terms of certain operational intelligence activities. These actions were accompanied by blatant violations of human rights. In particular, with an express intention to conduct a search of apartment, 15 officers of the RA Police

The human rights non-governmental organization “Europe in Law Association” (hereinafter: ELA) submitted a letter to the Administration of the RA Ministry of Justice (hereinafter: the Administration) within its observation mission of the selection of the candidates for the Armenian judge to the European Court of Human Rights, requesting a permission to get familiarized with the documents submitted by the candidates, the log maintained by the Administration to register the submitted applications, as well as to

Author: "European Union of Law" Year: 2012 Areas: Compliance with the judicial acts of the RA courts on freedom of expression, as defined by international law, including the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the ECtHR OSCE Yerevan Office   English. PDF