{"id":9263,"date":"2024-11-30T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.hrhyerevan.org\/?p=9263"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:44:51","slug":"the-status-of-human-rights-defenders-in-armenia-joint-submission-by-a-group-of-civil-society-organizations-to-the-un-human-rights-council-49th-session-of-the-universal-periodic-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/the-status-of-human-rights-defenders-in-armenia-joint-submission-by-a-group-of-civil-society-organizations-to-the-un-human-rights-council-49th-session-of-the-universal-periodic-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Status of Human rights defenders in Armenia: Joint submission by a Group of Civil Society Organizations to the UN Human Rights Council 49th Session of the Universal Periodic Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report provides a comprehensive overview of the situation of human rights defenders in Armenia, highlighting both progress and persistent challenges. Drawing on first-hand monitoring by civil society organizations, it examines key issues such as threats and harassment against defenders, limitations on fundamental freedoms, disproportionate use of force during protests, and the growing use of strategic lawsuits (SLAPPs) to silence critical voices. While Armenia has committed to protecting human rights defenders, the report finds gaps in implementation, including inadequate accountability for abuses, increasing polarization, and insufficient state support. It concludes with targeted recommendations aimed at strengthening legal protections, ensuring accountability, and fostering a safer, more enabling environment for civil society and human rights advocacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1.The-Status-of-Human-Rights-Defenders-in-Armenia.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The Status of Human Rights Defenders in Armenia.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2c139841-92d7-4080-8dab-4b6834e96670\" href=\"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1.The-Status-of-Human-Rights-Defenders-in-Armenia.pdf\">The Status of Human Rights Defenders in Armenia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1.The-Status-of-Human-Rights-Defenders-in-Armenia.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2c139841-92d7-4080-8dab-4b6834e96670\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report provides a comprehensive overview of the situation of human rights defenders in Armenia,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9266,"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9263\/revisions\/9266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrhyerevan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}