Armenia’s failure to comply with the Aarhus Convention and the consequences thereof will be raised at the fifth meeting of Aarhus Convention’s parties from June 29 to July 2  (Maastricht, Netherlands). 

Civil society representatives concerned with Armenia’s environmental issues will be at the meeting to present the actual situation in relation to compliance with the Convention in Armenia.

 In 2008, 2011 and 2013 the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention established that on the matters of Dalma Gardens and illegal exploitation of Teghut copper mine, the government of Armenia failed to ensure fulfillment of human rights as prescribed by the Convention and set forth recommendations to the Armenian government. To date, none of these recommendations has been implemented.

Civil society representatives of Armenia participating in the Maastricht meeting will present  a statement to the Parties calling upon them to adopt a resolution that will force the Armenian government take concrete steps to fully meet the convention and carry out the previous recommendations.

We are appealing to the civil society organizations (including civic initiatives), representatives of science and education, parliamentarians, office of the Human Rights Defender, international organizations, representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Armenia and all other entities and individuals concerned with human rights and accountability of Armenian government to join the statement to be presented at the Maastricht meeting.

The statement is attached to this appeal. To join it, please write to [email protected] or [email protected] before June 28.

Save Teghut Civic Initiative