March 25, 2026

Centre for Community Mobilization and Support, NGO

Grant Amount: 19,067,916 AMD Purpose: The project aims to promote democratic participation and electoral integrity by strengthening community-level capacities to identify, document, and respond to manipulative narratives and coercive practices, thereby reducing the impact of disinformation and voter intimidation in target 14 communities. The program is implemented within the framework of the project “Partnership for Safeguarding Democratic Integrity” funded by

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March 24, 2026

Women’s Resource Center, NGO

Grant Amount: 13,356,000 AMD Purpose: The project aims to support women’s democratic participation in Armenia during the 2026 election period by addressing disinformation, harmful gender narratives, and political pressure through community dialogue, legal counseling, advocacy with candidates, monitoring of gender-based narratives, and intersectional, gender-inclusive approaches. The program is implemented within the framework of the project “Partnership for Safeguarding Democratic Integrity”

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March 20, 2026

Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly – Vanadzor

Grant Amount: 22,260,000 AMD Purpose: The project aims to protect the integrity of elections through raising awareness about electoral processes and anti-democratic disinformation during the campaign period. The program is implemented within the framework of the project “Partnership for Safeguarding Democratic Integrity” funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

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November 15, 2025

Gaps in the Legislation
Regulating Operative-Investigative Activity
and Proposals for Improvement
Policy Paper

Background – Key Issues and Trends The Democracy Development Foundation (DDF) carried out this assessment to examine how Armenia’s current framework for Operative-Search Activities (OSA) aligns with modern democratic standards of accountability, legality, and proportionality. In Armenia, OSA remains largely governed by laws dating back to the 1990s, with fragmented updates over the years. These laws have struggled to keep

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November 21, 2024

Special Report 2024
Why Are There No Armenians In Nagorno-Karabakh?

This special report documents how ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh were intentionally subjected to regular attacks, intimidation, deprivation of basic rights and adequate living conditions, and forced displacement by the Azerbaijani state. This report examines the situation for ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh for the period starting with the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 and through the Azerbaijani military offensive against

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July 16, 2024

“Civil Society for You” Project Impact Report

The project’s objectives are to empower a vibrant community of civil society actors, exercise convening power to foster robust alliances for local policy and international advocacy, and advocate for the rights and dignity of all Armenians. The project utilizes a multifaceted approach, including rigorous polling to identify target audiences, insightful focus groups to grasp nuanced issues and messages, and comprehensive

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July 1, 2024

Why Are There No Armenians In Nagorno-Karabakh?
Fact-Finding Report Summary

“Why Are There No Armenians In Nagorno-Karabakh?” fact-finding report was jointly prepared by Freedom House, International Partnership for Human Rights, Democracy Development Foundation, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor, Protection of Rights without Borders NGO, Law Development and Protection Foundation, and Truth Hounds. The methodology and questionnaires were prepared by Democracy Development Foundation, International Partnership for Human Rights, and Truth Hounds. The fact-finding

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July 24, 2023

Request for Urgent Intervention by the United Nations Secretary-General

To: António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General Dear Mr. Guterres, The undersigned civil society organizations call for your intervention in relation to the human rights emergency in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) caused by the total blockade of the Lachin corridor –  the only lifeline that connects the local Armenian people to the Republic of Armenia as well as to the outside world, with

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