Grant Amount: 114,441,063 AMD Purpose: The project aims to encourage the civic participation of NK refugees in Armenia. In particular, it will establish four community councils across Armenia that will include displaced people from NK. Each of them will hold regular meetings with different stakeholders to make sure the voices of representatives of the displaced population are heard. Additionally, the
Grant Amount: 104,438,484 AMD Purpose: The project aims to create support mechanisms for vulnerable groups within the population displaced from NK. It plans to introduce a set of activities that include creating safe spaces, providing consultations, carrying out awareness-raising, conducting capacity development for service providers, and carrying out assessments of services created for vulnerable groups. In this way, the project
In 2023 Armenia ratified the Rome Statute, becoming the 124th State Party to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 1 February 2024. This landmark decision, reached after a complex ratification procedure initiated in 1999 when Armenia signed the Rome Statute, could be key to strengthening accountability, achieving justice, and contributing to lasting peace in the region. On 5 November the
In November 2024, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Baku, where key issues will be discussed. We, the undersigned organizations of the civil society of the Republic of Armenia, emphasize the importance of civil society’s participation in international processes concerning climate change. However, being
Since November 2023 with support from the Democracy Development Foundation, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor office has been providing free legal aid to persons forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh. The aim of this initiative was to enhance access to social support programs offered by the Armenian government for these individuals. It also seeks to improve the efficiency of state and community support programs
This is a joint submission by a coalition of NGOs with extensive experience in monitoring, documenting and reporting human rights violations in Armenia. The report covers the areas of justice and anti-corruption reforms, protection of human rights defenders, prevention of torture and ill-treatment, right to life, combatting gender-based violence, freedom of assembly and expression, freedom of information, right to free
Organization: Democracy Development Foundation (DDF) Position: Action Coordinator (Refugees’ Rights Specialist) Duration: 3-year term Location: Yerevan, Armenia Summary The Democracy Development Foundation (DDF) is looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Action Coordinator to join its vibrant team and spearhead the Foundation’s newly started multifaceted initiative in the area of Human Rights with a focus on refugees’ rights.
On October 8, Arpi Harutyunyan, Justice and Human Rights Portfolio Manager at the Democracy Development Foundation, participated in the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). During the conference, she addressed the worsening xenophobia and hatred towards Armenians in Azerbaijan. Below, we present the Armenian translation of Arpi Harutyunyan’s speech: ՛՛Thank
Democracy Development Foundation, together with partner Araminta in Berlin, released a policy brief on “Suppression of Environmental Activists in Armenia”. It is available here.
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, welcome the start of the visa liberalization dialogue between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union. This important step underscores the deepening cooperation between Armenia and the European Union, reflecting the willingness of both sides to foster closer ties, expand mobility and advance universal values. We express our willingness to support the implementation