SOAR - Capítulo Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires se unió a la familia SOAR en noviembre de 2016. La mayoría de los armenios que llegaron a Argentina en la década de 1920 procedían de Cilicia del Imperio Otomano y abandonaron su tierra natal debido al genocidio armenio. La comunidad armenia de Argentina ha mantenido su identidad gracias a la iglesia, la escuela y la estructura familiar. Actualmente, la comunidad armenia de Argentina cuenta con nueve iglesias armenias. Entre 70,000 y 135,000 personas de etnia armenia viven en Argentina, la población armenia más grande de América Latina y una de las más grandes del mundo.

JUNTA DIRECTIVA:

Luciana Minassian
Presidenta

Luciana Minassian is currently an assistant professor to International Law, Emiliano Buis chair, University of Buenos Aires, Law School. She is also currently working on legal aspects of Artsakh 2020´s war, mainly in cases for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Her collaboration with colleagues from Armenian diaspora lawyers associations is raising awareness for prisoners of war (POWs) and pushing for claims submitted to international bodies such as the UN, Council of Europe, and letters to the Vatican. Luciana has been working to provide support and cooperation with families of fallen soldiers since 2020 and assisting families of POWs in their everyday needs.

Adding to her current endeavors, Luciana is also working on Israel and Palestinian issues, as well as the invasion of Ukraine.

Luciana had recently served as the Assistant professor to Legal Aspects of Armenian Genocide Course, and former Assistant professor to the chair of Holocaust, Genocides and anti-discrimination, also at the University of Buenos Aires. Her other past work included collaborating with Argentinean friends of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.

Luciana is a member of the Armenian Women´s Bar Association, the National Congress of Western Armenians, and of the World Association of Armenian Lawyers