Repatriation Is a Big Word

By Roubina Margossian

Armenia is multicultural in the most covert ways, a landlocked country who has an Ayvazovsky. Whether you are moving forward by moving back or moving away, you are in its orbit.

Research Assistant

EVN Report is looking for candidates as research assistants for a project “Strengthening and Promoting Civic Journalism in Armenia” funded by the UK Embassy.

Research Expert: Healthcare

Recently, the Ministries of Health and Labor & Social Affairs signed a memorandum of understanding with Bari Mama NGO to work on preventing child abandonment at birth, in particular children with disabilities. The initiative has as its mission preventing the institutionalization of children and securing the right of children to live in a family.

Research Expert: Law on Volunteerism

The Republic of Armenia does not have a legal framework regulating volunteerism in the country. Many countries have adopted national legislation on volunteering. The necessity of a law entails recognizing the legal status of volunteers under labor, social welfare and tax laws.

Research Expert: Social Protection

Research Expert required to author policy recommendations (White Paper) in the field of social protection, specifically drafting a foster care policy for the Republic of Armenia; defining not only policy directions but also resource allocation; drafting recommendations for legislation child welfare.

Research Expert: Transitional Justice

Call for professionals to research, develop, and formulate a White Paper (policy paper) on transitional justice. The scope of responsibilities will include conducting research on Armenia's legal and constitutional system, the political system, and the formulation of a transitional justice agenda that is commensurate with the legal and constitutional norms of the country.

Resolving the Constitutional Court’s Crisis of Legitimacy

By Nerses Kopalyan , Lusine Sargsyan

During an extraordinary session, Armenia’s National Assembly initiated and unanimously approved a set of Constitutional amendments to address the crisis of political and institutional legitimacy of the Constitutional Court.

Resolving the Problem of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Sovereignty

By Nerses Kopalyan

This concept paper undertakes a reconfiguration of Armenia’s doctrinal policy on Nagorno-Karabakh, thus formulating the empirical and legal basis to develop a grand strategy on the concept of remedial sovereignty.

Rethinking the Discourse on Armenian Diaspora: Language(s), Culture(s), Affiliation(s)

By Vahe Sahakyan

In this first essay for EVN Report, Dr. Vahe Sahakyan of the University of Michigan seeks to address the issue of Armenian diaspora leadership by examining it in theoretical and comparative perspective. He asks, who are the diaspora leaders, and can they have multiple geographical or cultural identities and yet remain ethnically “unmixed?”

Retraining Healthcare Professionals: Preventing the Institutionalization of Infants with Disabilities in Armenia

By Karena Avedissian

When parents have a child born with a disability, it is usually healthcare professionals who often apply social pressure on them to reject their baby. This White Paper argues in favor of targeted intervention, that is, retraining medical staff, among other things, about their responsibility to communicate with parents professionally and without bias.