The United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor annual report on freedom of religion in Armenia in 2014. The report summarize the situation as follows: The constitution guarantees the freedom of religion and establishes the separation of church and state, but at the same time recognizes the Armenian Apostolic Church […]
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This practical guide is designed as a training toolkit and reference collection that can be used by national and international organizations as well as government and other stakeholders for project development in the South Caucasus. It provides an overview of issues pertaining to ethno-national minorities in the region . It is divided in three sections. […]
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This paper gives an account of the state of human rights and democratic institutions in the EaP countries and discusses the EU concepts and tools for human rights and democracy promotion in the region, including the proposals related to the May 2011 ENP Communication (ENPI Civil Society Facility, European Endowment for Democracy, etc.), as well […]
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This paper intends to look at the interconnection of minority and migration issues.It aims to investigate the interrelation of the minority regimes adopted by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, and migration. It seeks to open up the discussion on the extent to which certain policies and rights for national minorities can be […]
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The online handbook aimed at supporting journalists to report accurately and impartially about the European Union and the European Neighbourhood Policy. It provides introduction to the European Union structure and institutions as well as tips to report on the EU and links to sources of information. Journalists from ENP countries share their learning and ideas how to report […]
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This study gives a short description of ethic minorities in Armenia. After the short historical background, the study briefly introduce the linguistic, religious and ethnic characteristic of the minority. It provides figures, statistical data and contacts for designated minority organisations.
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The conference report contain all speakers speeches to assess the status of the freedom of religion and belief in Georgia and Armenia. The publication document the discussion on the relationship between traditional churches and non-traditional religions, which are still very sensitive in both countries’ context of national and religious identity. Speakers are state and non-state […]
Read moreECMI has been operating a Caucasus office based in Tbilisi since 2003 where it works towards building stable and inclusive democracies throughout the region, particularly in Georgia. ECMI Caucasus works to improve the competencies of minority organizations and assists governments in building institutional capacities to develop and implement policies on national minority issues.
Read moreACGRC provides an Armenian presence where minority communities are particularly small and have the least developed CSOs. ACGRC provides regional expertise in the EaP, including direct links to National Platforms and CSF working groups. They have established EaP initiatives, including development of a CSO web portal and EaP stakeholder analyses.
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