Human rights protection in emergency situations and in the conditions of the entailing risks and challenges

March 12, 2021

Implementation period	March 1, 2021 – March 1, 2022
Funding organization	Open Society Foundations - Armenia
Grant amount	240,945 US dollars

The project is aimed at the effective implementation of HCA Vanadzor strategic action plan.

Strategic Goal 1. To contribute to the protection of human rights and restoration of violated rights in emergency situations caused by the Coronavirus pandemic and hostilities.

Strategic Goal 2. To contribute to the reform of human rights protection policy, effectiveness of the mechanisms and development of civil oversight in the post-revolutionary RA in order to withstand the negative impact of emergency situations.

Strategic Goal 3. To contribute to the spread of the idea of human rights, to promote people’s legal awareness, expansion of human rights and peace-building movement in the post-revolutionary RA in order to overcome the emergency situations-related obstacles.

Strategic Goal 4. To develop the organization’s infrastructure basis, organizational culture and institutional capacities in order to ensure the effectiveness of the organization’s activity in emergency situations.

Promoting Accountability of Closed Institutions

Support for Human Rights defenders and Journalists

Establishment of responsible Police based on the values of Human rights as a guarantee of public trust

Monitoring threats to the activities of civil activists and human rights defenders in the post-Soviet space of the OSCE region

Implementation of anti-corruption treaties and standards by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems