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Head of OSCE Office in Yerevan concerned over cases of violence and intimidation against civic activists in Armenia
Publishing date: 11 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 11 September 2013 – The Head of OSCE Office in Yerevan Ambassador Andrey Sorokin issued the following statement today on recent cases of violence and intimidation against civic activists in Armenia...
Armenia’s higher education system discussed at OSCE-supported seminar
Publishing date: 24 June 2013
YEREVAN, 24 June 2013 – Reforms and recent improvements in higher education as well as measures to fight corruption, to encourage students’ participation and ensure quality education are among the topics of an OSCE-supported event that started today in Yerevan...
OSCE helps advance human rights education in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 June 2013
A two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan on 15 and 16 June 2013 brought together human rights education specialists for a discussion on how to help revise the standards of social studies in high schools in line with international good practices...
OSCE and international partners honour human rights advocates in Armenia
Publishing date: 14 June 2013
Civil rights activists, government officials, media and civil society representatives were recognized for their contribution to promoting human rights in Armenia at an event co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan on 13 June 2013...
OSCE trains human rights educators in Armenia
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education
AGHVERAN, Armenia, 19 April 2013 – Teacher-trainers in Armenia will learn how to design human rights education that relates to students’ daily life in a three-day course that started today in Aghveran, Armenia...
OSCE Office supports rock concert, film festival to mark International Human Rights Day in Armenia
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
A rock concert, a film festival on human rights and digital age, a youth debate and a moot court competition were among the OSCE-supported events held on 10 and 11 December 2012 in Yerevan and Vanadzor to mark International Human Rights Day...
Armenian teachers complete one-year human rights training course supported by OSCE Office
Publishing date: 17 August 2012