News and press releases

Some 14 government officials from Tajikistan visited Armenia from 20 to 24 June 2011 to learn about Armenia‘s experience with designing policy priorities and a legislative and institutional framework for developing its renewable energy potential. The visit was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

YEREVAN, 28 June 2011 – Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Armenia’s judiciary is the focus of a meeting organized today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

Some 50 representatives from political parties, municipalities and judges participated in three workshops on freedom of assembly organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan from 20 to 22 June 2011...

YEREVAN, 20 June 2011 –– Efforts to bring Armenian police detention centres in line with national legislation and international human rights standards are progressing, but further improvement of national legislative framework and practice is needed, says an OSCE-supported report released today...

YEREVAN, 16 June 2011 –– International standards and judicial practice with respect to freedom of expression, libel and insult, contempt of court and privacy issues are among the topics of a two-day training workshop that started in Yerevan today.

The OSCE Office in Yerevan supported an international conference to discuss solutions to environmental threats. The conference took place on 31 May 2011 in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

YEREVAN, 31 May 2011 – On the occasion of International Children’s Day on 1 June the OSCE Office in Yerevan today donated medical equipment to Yerevan State Medical University’s Mouratsan Hospital, which specializes in treating children with haematological problems...