Strategic Goal
Raising human rights awareness among minority groups, defending their interests, lobbying and advocating for their rights, ensuring gender equality at national, regional and international levels.

Strategic Objectives

1. To build the capacity of the minority groups in the field of Human rights lobbying and advocating;
2. To elaborate a policy on minorities equal rights and gender equality promotion in the national, regional and international levels;
3. To collaborate with civil society to lobby and advocate for equal minority rights;
4. To study, research and analyze the legal situation of the minorities, monitor and report on minorities human rights violations and discriminations.

Package of Services

• Providing individual and group legal consultancies;
• Lending legal support to minority representatives, including guidance on legal proceedings;
• Elaborating, printing and disseminating IEC materials on human rights, gender equality and sexual diversity;
• Organizing informational and educational activities on human rights, gender equality, sexual diversity for the LGBTQ community, government institutions, civil society and youth;
• Organizing public events on the issues of human rights, gender equality and sexual diversity;
• Establishing cooperation with government institutions, civil society and involving them into the organization’s activities and events;
• Participating in regional and international events on human rights;
• Being active members of national, regional and international human rights watchdogs, as well as organizations, networks and coalitions working on gender equality issues;
• Monitoring and reporting on human rights violations on the grounds of minority issues;
• Monitoring hate speeches in media;
• Making shadow reports for international institutions (UN, CoE, OSCE etc.)

Expected Results
The rights of the minorities in Armenia are protected by national legislation which is in line with international standards.