Edgar Khachatryan

Edgar Khachatryan is the founder and director of Peace Dialogue NGO based in Armenia. He specializes in international peace-building trainings, consultancy and expertise in gender and peace processes, violence prevention, and post-war stabilization and recovery.

Currently, Edgar is involved in initiatives and projects aimed at:

• empowering civil society actors in conflict and post-conflict societies;
• protecting and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms;
• fostering civic oversight of various state institutions;
• providing opportunities for equal participation of women and men in political and civic processes;
• supporting civic initiatives;
• forming mutual trust and dialogue between the representatives of societies divided by conflicts;
• reducing militaristic, nationalistic, and patriarchal notions in societies and developing alternative ideas; and
• advocating for victims of conflicts.

In recent years, the organization has been actively working on issues related to human rights protection in the military and supporting civil society oversight of the security sector in Armenia. Peace Dialogue also continues in its efforts to create a sustainable agreement on a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.