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Armineh Arakelian (21 March 1962, Tehran, Iran) is Political scientist, International lawyer, Diplomat, Independent Rights Defender, Advisor, Instructor/Mentor, Artist, Journalist and the Founder of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR NGO) (1999). She is Citizen of Iran, France and Armenia.

Life
On 2001 Armineh moved to Yerevan, Armenia from Stockholm, Sweden. Since 2009 she lives in Mughni village at Aragatsotn Province in Armenia.

Armineh has received two MAs and one DESS degrees from Sorbonne-Paris I University and Rene Descartes University in Paris, France in Political Science - International Relations and International Law.

She has over 20 years of experience mainly in the fields of rights promotion and protection, international development, democratic State-building and civil society development, policy development and advice. She has worked extensively with civil society organizations (NGOs) and international inter-governmental organizations including the United Nations Organization, International IDEA and the European Union in the Middle East, Europe, the South Caucasus and Africa. As the Head of the Human Rights Promotion Section, she cooperated with the European Union and UNHCHR in Rwanda and Great Lakes region for a number of years following the 1994 genocide in Rwanda (Africa).

Artistic life
2016-2018 she created finger painting on walls, decorative objects as well as on canvas. First exhibition in Yerevan 2016.

Personal life
Armineh's mother is the artist Kitoosh Arzooian and her father is the intelectual Sisak Arakelian.