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A Civil Society Forum Task Force, made up of election and civil society experts from Eastern Partnership and EU countries, was launched in Yerevan at the occasion of Armenia’s presidential elections on 18 February. The purpose of the Task Force during its visit to Armenia was to learn more about the observation activities of the Armenian National Platform of the Civil Society Forum, and to assist in the presentation and dissemination of its findings and conclusions.

Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, a political sociologist whose work focuses on social movements and human rights, will join SPP as assistant professor in summer 2013. His current research, funded by the National Science Foundation, explores the impact of social movements on human rights violators in India, particularly slaveholders engaged in contemporary forms of slavery.