HUMAN RIGHTS
Partnership for Open Society aims at facilitating the reforms and development of human rights practices by assisting the policy development and legislation improvement with a primary focus on the following areas:
Human Rights Education and Human Rights Protection
- Human rights education as part of public education process. Expansion of education on human rights through Teacher-Student-Parent framework;
- Study of the European experience in effective mechanisms of human rights protection and its adaptation to Armenia
Ombudsman Institute
- Examination and analysis of the experience of Eastern European and post-communist countries in establishing and running such structures;
- Identification of effective mechanisms and principles for the activities of this institute; public awareness raising on the role and importance of the institute; introduction of amendments to the adopted law to bring it in conformity with European requirements.
Freedom of Conscience/Religion and Tolerance
- Draft a new law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" and lobbying its adoption and implementation
Alternative Service
- Develop amendments to the law on alternative service, establish alternative civic service practice.
Harmonization of Human Rights Practices with regard to Ethnic Minorities with CoE Requirements
- Draft a law on protection of ethnic minorities enabling the incorporation of human rights protection mechanisms into the developments concerning culture, language and media;
- Harmonization of these mechanisms with the international standards and particular focus on ethnic minorities that are not represented as states.
Protection of the Rights of Vulnerable Groups
- Protection of economic, social and cultural rights of the disabled; enforcement of the right to make their problems known and heard.
Penitentiary System
- Establishment and strengthening of an institute for public oversight over the penitentiary system, development of legislative amendments.
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Human Rights
