Justice through human rights protection. Educating for change.
WHO WE ARE
At a glance
- NGO focused on human rights and freedoms
- Monitoring, advocacy, litigation, education
- Local and international cooperation
Rights Centre is a non-governmental organization dedicated to advancing human rights and freedoms. We believe that empowering justice and championing rights and freedoms are the cornerstones of a lasting democracy and the rule of law. This belief shapes our mission, drives our strategies, and inspires our efforts to create opportunities for every person’s rights to be respected and upheld.
Founders
Anna Maralyan
Founder, President
Ms. Maralyan is a practicing lawyer specialising in human rights and international litigation. She has represented victims of human rights violations before international and regional judicial and quasi-judicial bodies in more than 150 cases. Ms. Maralyan serves as an international expert to the High Judicial Council of Armenia. She is a member of the Academic Board of the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition and of LDPF (FULL) foundation. Ms. Maralyan is President of the Rule of Law Empowerment Association (ROLE) based in Strasbourg.She has co-authored a number of manuals and practical guides for legal professionals on a range of human rights issues and has published articles on human rights and the rule of law.
Tatevik Gharibyan
Founder
Tatevik Gharibyan is a licensed attorney with more than a decade of experience in human rights law both as a Lawyer and a Program Manager. She has worked for a number of Non-Governmental Organizations in Armenia; Eurasia Partnership Foundation, Civil Society Institute, Child Protection Network, as well as provided consultancy to UNICEF, UNHCR, CoE, etc.
Consultants
Narine Solomonyan
PHD, practicing in Armenia (Constitutional Law, Environmental Law)
Izabel Abgaryan
Lawyer practicing in Armenia (Health Law, Anti-Corruption Law)
Oleksandr Ovchynnykov
Lawyer practicing in France since 2012 (Human Rights, European Law, INTERPOL)
Tatiana Chernobil
Lawyer practicing in Kazakhstan (Human Rights, International Law)
