OSCE/ODIHR TRAINS ARMENIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ON
MONITORING FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY
17-09-2008 19:45:00 | Armenia | Human Rights
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The OSCE Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a
four-day training course on September 15-18 for Armenian human
defenders on how to monitor and report on the freedom of
assembly.
"Freedom of peaceful assembly is a cornerstone of
democratic society," said Lydia Grigoreva of the ODIHR's Focal
Point for Human Rights Defenders and National Human Rights
Institutions."By improving the skills of human rights defenders
to monitor public gatherings and report on how the freedom of
assembly is respected, we intend to contribute to strengthening
dialogue with national authorities on how to better protect
freedom of assembly at the national and local level," she added.
According to a press release of the OSCE Office in Yerevan,
the training is designed to enable human rights defenders to
monitor how Armenia's freedom of assembly legislation and
international standards in this field are being implemented in
practice. Following the training course, human rights defenders
will monitor assemblies throughout the country for six months.
Their observations will be compiled in a report that will be
submitted to the authorities.