Since the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenia has pivoted toward utilizing international legal institutions to address the conflict's aftermath with Azerbaijan. This article offers a comprehensive overview of Armenia’s legal efforts on the global stage.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of September 20: This week marked the first anniversary of Azerbaijan’s military offensive that led to the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh’s entire population; a complaint for crimes against humanity is filed with the Prosecutor of the ICC on behalf of two victims from Artsakh; Armenia’s Investigative Committee arrests three people involved in an alleged plot to overthrow the government and more.
Armenia faces growing challenges in managing its water resources. Lake Sevan, a crucial water source, is being overused for irrigation, raising concerns about long-term sustainability. Mariam Tashchyan explores the factors behind Armenia’s water crisis.
Every administration in Armenia since independence has implemented policies aimed at encouraging repatriation, but how successful have they been? Gohar Abrahamyan explains.
In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Dr. Nerses Kopalyan explains what U.S. foreign policy will hold for Armenia and the region if Kamala Harris wins in the upcoming presidential elections in the United States.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of August 30: The joint commissions on delimitation and border security of Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed an agreement on the Regulation of joint activity; a constitutional referendum is being planned in Armenia for 2027; Legal proceedings against the government have been initiated, demanding the de-classification of compensation amounts allocated to citizens who lost property due to border delimitation.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of August 23: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accuses Armenia of “sabotaging” the unblocking of regional communications through Armenia’s Syunik region; on the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day, President Zelenskyy posthumously awards Armenian film director Sergei Parajanov with the “National Legend of Ukraine” honor; a new legislation says taxi drivers have to issue receipts; there are 58 confirmed cases of the West Nile fever in Armenia.
Azerbaijan continues to hold Armenian POWs and detainees, including former high-ranking Artsakh officials. Although Armenian human rights lawyers hope for the release of detainees before the COP29 summit in Baku this November, they doubt that Artsakh officials will be among them.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of August 16: 76 separate charges are brought against Mikayel Minasyan who is former President Serzh Sargsyan’s son in law, Armenia’s former ambassador to the Vatican; Armenia names its new ambassador to Russia; the government is set to offer compensation to farmers and business affected by the May flooding in the Lori and the Tavush regions.
In recent years, there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of asylum seekers in Armenia. Arshaluys Barseghyan looks into what accounts for this trend, which countries Armenia receives the most applications from, and how many are accepted.
EVN Report’s mission is to empower Armenia, inspire the diaspora and inform the world through sound, credible and fact-based reporting and commentary. Our goal is to increase public trust in the media. EVN Report is the media arm of EVN News Foundation registered in the Republic of Armenia in 2017.
