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OSCE field operations promote women's empowerment at the OSCE/ODIHR Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Publishing date: 29 September 2016
Equal economic opportunities, women’s active engagement in political and public life and combating domestic violence were the focus of a discussion held by OSCE field operations in Armenia, Moldova and Tajikistan on 28 September 2016 in Warsaw, Poland, at a side event to the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...
OSCE promotes best international practices in digital journalism in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 September 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
New trends and tools in production of journalistic content, coverage of conflicts and investigative journalism were amongst the topics of a conference held on 23 September 2016 in Yerevan within the Digital Story-Telling events series, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and organized by the Media Initiatives Centre NGO...
OSCE-supported environmental awareness activities in Armenia held on the occasion of World Ozone Day
Publishing date: 20 September 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
Discussion on environmental issues, training courses and educational tours for schoolchildren were among the activities held on 15-17 September 2016 in Khosrov State Reserve to mark the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer...
OSCE contributes to strengthening human rights protection in Armenia’s penitentiary institutions
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
AGHVERAN, Armenia, 14 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training course on the protection of human rights in penitentiaries concluded today in Aghveran, Kotayk region, Armenia...
OSCE Office supports Armenia’s Human Rights Defender’s Office
Publishing date: 2 September 2016
Joint initiatives to promote human rights protection in Armenia were the focus of a meeting hosted by the OSCE Office in Yerevan with Armenia’s Human Rights Defender’s (Ombudsperson) Office on 31 August 2016...
Strengthening co-operation between Armenian police and civil society highlighted in meeting between police and OSCE Office in Yerevan
Publishing date: 22 August 2016
On 18 August 2016 the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan Argo Avakov met with the Deputy Head of the Armenian Police Vardan Yeghiazaryan to discuss developments related to the 17 July seizure of the Erebuni police compound in Yerevan and the OSCE Office in Yerevan’s willingness to provide assistance to Armenian authorities and civil society to strengthen trust and co-operation between the police and the public...
Statement by the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan
Publishing date: 30 July 2016
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution