Armineh Arakelian

Armineh Arakelian
Birthplace	Tehran
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Birth date	1962
Lived in	Tehran, Yerevan
Dialects	Persian Armenian

Armineh Arakelian

International Lawyer, Representative of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in South Caucasian Region and Head of IDHR Office in Armenia

Born in Teheran-Iran, 1962. Currently resident in Armenia.

International Development Lawyer and Political Scientist, with two MA and one DESS degrees, graduated from Sorbonne - Pantheon Paris and Rene Descartes Universities in Paris-France.

Over the last fifteen years she has cooperated with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations (including the United Nations and European Union) in the Middle East, Europe, Africa in promotion and protection of human rights, as well as humanitarian and development work.

As Lawyer and Senior Policy and Program Advisor she cooperated with UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) headquarters in Geneva and field operations for a period of four years. As the Head of Human Rights Promotion Section she cooperated with European Union and UNHCHR (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) within human rights area for a period of three years following the 1994 April Genocide in Rwanda (Africa). Currently she is the Head of Europe/CIS Program for democratic development within International IDEA, an intergovernmental organization.

Ms. Arakelian is the founder and president of IDHR since August 1999.