In 2009, Arman Sahakyan graduated from the Department of Economics at the Russian Armenian (Slavonic) University. Since 2005, he has been actively involved in the operation of a number of non-governmental organizations. Arman Sahakyan participated in a number of international courses, namely on protecting the rights of individuals in the vulnerable groups.
Arman Sahakyan actively works in preventing HIV/AIDS in Armenia, as well as in the field of protecting the rights of individuals in the more vulnerable groups.
Arman Sahakyan is the Executive Director of Guarantee Center of Civil Society NGO. The organization currently changed its name into "Mission Aid and Development" Humanitarian NGO.
Since 2013 A. Sahakyan cooperates with the Monitoring Group Conducting Public Oversight in the Penitentiary Institutions and Entities under the Ministry of Justice, introduced by "New Generation" NGO. Currently he is the member of the Group.
Mission
On October 1st, 2010 in the result of severe beatings 20-year-old Zaruhi Petrosyan died. Of course, Zaruhi’s case was not the only one, but it was fatal, as it contributed to raising the phenomenon of domestic violence, illustration of DV cases hidden in our society by mass media , awareness raising for the citizens of the phenomenon of domestic violence.
After the incident, 7 companies merged and formed “The Coalition to stop Violence against Women”, which called for a fair trial and prevention of such cases and the adoption of the preventive legislation of domestic violence. Although the phenomenon of domestic violence remains one of the key issues in the country, however, is not regulated by law.
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The Foundation Against the Violation of Law (FAVL) was founded in the fall of 1991. The organization focused its initial efforts on freeing the mass number of hostages, prisoners, and refugees which resulted from this shocking breach of fundamental human rights.
By April 14, 1992, FAVL became officially registered as an NGO and expanded its work to include facilitating prisoner exchanges between Armenia and Azerbaijan. By 1995, the organization shifted beyond individual, voluntary efforts and began cementing itself as a leading champion of human rights in independent Armenia.
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The majority of Armenian prisons date back to the Soviet period or even earlier and though cosmetic changes have been made, many still operate within a Soviet-era system. For prisoners with disabilities, this means a lack of adapted living spaces, a lack of healthcare, as well as exclusion from prison life.
According to the Armenian Ministry of Justice, as of September 2018, 153 people with disabilities were serving time in Armenia’s penitentiary institutions.
However, Artur Sakunts, a member of the prison Monitoring Group at the Ministry of Justice, told OC Media it is impossible to name the real number, due to an underdiagnosis of disabilities and difficulties with collecting the relevant documentation.
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Hasmik Harutyunyan, the President of the Group of Public Monitors Implementing Supervision over the Penitentiary Institutions and Bodies of the Ministry of Justice of RA, emphasized the following questions during the interview to Liberty radio station.
“Whether the health condition of a prisoner was enough to keep the latter in the penitentiary institution. The most important thing, whether the medical services and medical assistance of “Nubarashen” penitentiary institution were sufficient to take care of the prisoner.
Zaruhi Hovhannisyan, member of the Group expressed her concerns that Armenia had a quite high index in terms of application of detention in Armenia. The details are available in the video made by Liberty Radio Station.
