Lusine Sargsyan

Lusine Sargsyan

Lusine Sargsyan holds an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a BA in English and Communications from the American University of Armenia (AUA). Prior to pursuing a master's degree, she worked at EVN Report producing in depth analysis of a wide range of human rights issues in Armenia. She also worked at Armenia's Constitutional Court and interned at Armenia's two diplomatic missions, the Embassy of Armenia to the United Kingdom and the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations. Lusine is interested in a range of subject areas in public international law, including international criminal law, laws of war and international human rights law.

Russian Peacekeepers in Artsakh

A day after the trilateral agreement ending the 2020 Artsakh War was signed, the first contingents of Russian peacekeepers were deployed. Six months in, clarifications regarding the size, mandate and mission of the peacekeepers are still not clear.

The Cost of Eminent Domain

The Cost of Eminent Domain

A recent ruling by the ECHR has brought up the issue of the proper application of eminent domain once again. While the state has the right to exercise eminent domain, it also has a responsibility to guarantee that the purpose is to benefit society, not narrow business interests.

A Corner Frozen in Time

A Corner Frozen in Time

The story of Gayane Arevshatyan’s home-restaurant began twenty years ago, after a tragedy that radically changed her life. It was the Armenia of the 1990s - the cold and dark years. The country had survived a devastating earthquake, the Karabakh War, the disintegration of the Soviet Union, blockade, an energy crisis...In a matter of years, lives and narratives had turned upside down.

Spotlight Karabakh

Spotlight Karabakh

This special section is a historical overview of the disputed region of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic, NKR), one of the last unresolved conflicts in the former Soviet space.