World Refugee Day key messages
While some of them have moved on to other countries, serving as migrant workers in the Golf states, having made use of resettlement opportunities or united with family members elsewhere UNHCR estimates that about 15,000 displaced continue to stay and UNHCR notes with...
Events to jointly celebrate the World Refugee Day 2017
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 11:00 AM, UN Conference Hall (duration: approx. one hour) UNHCR Representative’s briefing with the media and civil society representatives, and a small group of persons of concern. The situation of displaced population in Armenia and worldwide,...
Human Rights Defender’s Office and UNHCR enhance partnership for strengthening the protection of displaced populations
In view of the significant challenges faced by Armenia in hosting a growing number of displaced populations in the past few years, the joint project aims to expand the earlier established cooperation between Human Rights Defender’s Office and UNHCR in the field of...
Amendments to the Law on Attorneyship ensures free legal aid to asylum-seekers
Beginning 14 November 2016 when the amendments entered into force, Public Defenders will be obliged to provide free legal aid to vulnerable groups, including, asylum-seekers. Highlighting the importance of the Amendments to the Law on Attorneyship, the UNHCR...
UNHCR commemorates 2 years of the #IBelong campaign to eradicate global statelessness
Significant progress has been made to eradicate statelessness around the world, but ongoing conflicts are putting those advances at risk. Marking the second anniversary of the global #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr....
Launch of UNHCR and Academy of Justice distance learning program on “Refugee Law”
UNHCR ARMENIA – On 15 September 2016, Academy of Justice has launched a distance learning program on Refugee Law envisaged for the judges of administrative courts of the Republic of Armenia with the support of the Representation of the United Nations High...
UN Secretary-General receives UNHCR #WithRefugees petition
NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today received a petition – #WithRefugees – from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed by more than 1.2 million people expressing solidarity with millions of people across the world driven from their homes by conflict and...
UNHCR Armenia Key messages for the World Refugee Day 2016
Over 60 million people are presently forcibly displaced. The conflict in Syria, only one of many present global trouble spots, has impacted and still impacts on Armenia. It has passed its 5th year and despite renewed and enhanced efforts of the international community...
Summer School on Public International Law
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University – On 9 July 2016, closing ceremony of the Summer School on Public International Law (PIL) and the two-day training on International Human Rights Law (IHRL) took place at Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University in Yerevan....