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Summary Report On activities of the A.D.Sakharov Armenian Human Rights Center in the scope of the “Open Society Assistance Foundation - Armenia” project.

In the quarterly narrative reports of the A.D.Sakharov Armenian Human Right Center (hereinafter Sakharov Center) that is reflected the process of implementation of the activities planned in Annex “B” /point 23/ of the “Human Rights Protection through Strengthening the NGOs” project /grant # 15119/.

Brief data on the project are presented below. During the reporting period, the Sakharov Center with its branches (Shirak, Gegharkunick, and Syunik marzes) has organized and carried out:

•  349 seminars, lectures, trainings, facultative seminars, thematic discussions and group legal consultations in 40 rural communities and small towns of the Republic;

•  4954 representatives of the vulnerable layers of society were provided with free legal aid and juridical service;

• 61 mass media appearances (including the electronic press);

• 178 appeals to the bodies of the central government and the Court with issues of protection of the individual beneficiaries and groups of the Republic’s population;

• 92 appeals to the local bodies of the central government and the bodies of the local self-government;

• 141 group legal consultations were provided;

• 60 volunteers were prepared and involved in the Sakharov Center activities (20 volunteers in each of the branches);

• 158 leaflets were prepared and distributed to the residents of rural communities and to local NGOs (27.500 copies) about local administrative structures, bodies of  local self-government, national legislation and international standards;

• Monitoring of the activities of the local self-government bodies and municipal structures with the purpose to define the level of transparency, publicity and accessibility of their activities;

• Informing the population and the civil society structures of the Shirak, Gegharkunick, and Syunik marzes about the target project tasks of the “Millennium Challenges – Armenia” Program;

• Analysis of the proper sections of the National Legislation to define the level of their relevance to the RA Constitution. The analysis results were presented to the RA Government and the central bodies of the Government;

• Monitoring of the RA National Assembly elections (an analytical paper has                    been developed);

• Activities of the resource-centers on the technical, organizational and human base of the Sakharov Center regional branches.

Number of applications

Year Central Office Shirak Regional Branch Gegharkoonik Regional Branch Siunik Regional Branch Total 2001 5068 1037 1077 970 8152 2002 5193 1161 1144 715 8213 2003 5313 1537 1247 1160 9257 2004 5298 1809 1213 1043 9363 2005(January-June) 2677 1019 536 530 4762 2006 4980 1400 1107 912 8399 Grand total:         50469*

* Note: Except for refugees

Summary information as regards the number of applications of refugees to the A. D. Sakharov Armenian Human Rights Centre

Item 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 The number of individuals provided with collective (group) legal consultations 1977 2500 4870 2632 2250 2150 The number of individuals provided with individual legal consultations 1368 3126 2619 2158 1970 1890