Legislative Reforms for Personal Data Protection and Net Neutrality

Personal data is any type of information that can be used to identify an individual. So, today its protection, especially in Internet, became imperious. There are number of personal data in various databases in this virtual space, which, in the sense of protection, are not always well-handled.   According to the lawyer of “Grandlex” legal and business consulting company Mr. Movses…

Discussion of Legislative Proposals on Internet Freedom and Digital Rights (video)

On June 25, within the framework of the “Digital Agenda” initiative, an online discussion was held, aiming to introduce to the stakeholders the package of legislative proposals promoting the freedom of the Internet and digital rights in the Republic of Armenia. The event was organized within the framework of the “Internet Freedom and Rights Protection Program”, which is part…

Legal overview of restrictions on human rights and fundamental freedoms and introduced in the Republic of Armenia to contain the COVID-19 pandemic

In response to the increasing threat of COVID-19 outbreak, the Armenian Government declared a state of emergency (Government Decree No 298-N of 16 March 2020) forcing unprecedented restrictions on civil rights and fundamental freedoms. The authorities have imposed far-reaching restrictions, inter alia, on cross-border travel and media reporting on certain topics including individuals’ posts on personal web pages and…

The Memorandum Approved

Two issues were mainly on the agenda of the April 22 meeting: the content of the Memorandum of Understanding and the Draft Policy Agenda, digital agenda priorities and Draft Policy Amendments presented by IFAC project team. The parties elaborated on the content of the Memorandum and agreed on the final version based on the priorities. In fact, a number…

First Coalition Meeting

Five participants took part in the meeting of April 10, Movses Hakobyan (Project Director), David Sandukhchyan (Project Legal and Policy Expert), Suren Deheryan (Project Outreach Coordinator and President of Journalists for the Future), including new members of the Coalition – Shushan Doydoyan, President of the Freedom of Information Center, and Artur Papyan, Country Director of Media Diversity Institute and…