Right Side NGO

Right Side NGO
Right Side Human Rights Defender NGO
Իրավունքի Կողմ
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Legal statusNon-governmental organization
FocusTransgender rights, Sex workers' rights, LGBT rights in Armenia, LGBT activism
HeadquartersYerevan
Location
MethodsAdvocacy
Director
Lilit Martirosyan
Main organ
General Assembly
AffiliationsTransgender Europe[1]
Websiterightsidengo.com

Right Side NGO (Armenian: Իրավունքի Կողմ, romanizedAj koghm) is the first transgender rights organization in Armenia and the first trans-led organization in the South Caucasus region.[2] Right Side NGO was founded in 2016 as a non-governmental organization and is headquartered in Yerevan. Its mission is to serve and support the needs of transgender individuals and sex workers in Armenia, to promote their human rights protection, and to advocate for the change of public policy around transgender and sex work issues.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Membership".
  2. ^ "Right Side Human Rights Defender NGO". Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. ^ "General information". Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ ""Իրավունքի կողմ" ՀԿ-ն համագործակցո՞ւմ է արդարադատության նախարարության քաղաքացիական կացության ակտերի գրանցման բաժնի հետ | Armlur – Լուրեր Հայաստանից". Retrieved 11 March 2023.