Training on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
UNHCR YEREVAN. On 25 May 2016, in the frame of World Intellectual Property Day marked on 26 April each year, Ms. Marine Fidanyan, an expert on Intellectual Property Rights, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Armenia and...
UNHCR in Armenia and Academy of Justice sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Commitment to Cooperation
Emphasising the importance of bilateral cooperation, Mr. Ruben Melikyan, the Rector of the Academy of Justice, mentioned: ‘’UNHCR and Academy of Justice are determined to assume a closer cooperation to strengthen the role of the judiciary in protection of...
Asylum Systems Quality Initiative. coordination meeting
UNHCR YEREVAN. On 3 February 2016, the first national coordination meeting of a regional project funded and implemented by UNHCR: ‘Asylum Systems Quality Initiative in Eastern Europe and South Caucasus (QIEE)’ – Phase 2, was convened to agree on key directions...
Migration Newsletter Interview with Mr. Christoph Bierwirth, UNHCR Representative in Armenia
Bierwirth, could you please update us on the situation of refugees and displaced persons worldwide and in Armenia specifically. Unfortunately today’s world is confronted with the largest displacement challenges since the end of World War II: at the end of 2013 more...
Regional project enhanced capacity of the asylum system in Armenia
The two and a half year project, funded by the European Union and co-funded and implemented by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, was designed to strengthen the protection of asylum-seekers and refugees in six countries in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood:...
One Child without a Nationality is Too Many
The Police of the Republic of Armenia (RA) and UNHCR welcome the Amendments to the RA Citizenship Law that were adopted on 7 May 2015 by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia noting that these amendments constitute an important step forward in Armenia’s...