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  • OSCE in Yerevan Pays Particular Attention to Developments in Armenia

    OSCE OFFICE IN YEREVAN PAYS PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO DEVELOPMENTS IN ARMENIA


    YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14. ARMINFO. In 2004 the Office paid particular
    attention to developments in the country and maintained a constant
    dialogue with the authorities and civil society throughout the year,
    says the "Overview of the Office activities in 2004" distributed by
    OSCE Office in YErevan, Tuesday.

    The documents says that the Office's activities in this dimension
    focused on reforming the Electoral Code, assisting the improvement of
    the existing voters' registers and advocating for creation of a
    centralized Voters' Register, as well as providing support to the
    Standing Committees of the National Assembly. Special attention was
    attached to the advocating for legislation to promote freedom of
    assembly and respect for freedom of assembly in practice. Following
    the cases of administrative detention of participants of the election
    related public gathering, the Office continued to lobby for the
    development of a legal act governing the implementation of the right
    to freedom of assembly. In May of this year a Law on Conducting Public
    Gatherings, Demonstrations and Marches was passed by the National
    Assembly, prior to which the OSCE/ODIHR provided expertise. However,
    the law as passed does not meet all international standards on this
    issue and thus the Office has been lobbying for a number of provisions
    to be amended in order to improve the legislation. In addition, the
    Office has on a number of occasions called upon Armenian authorities
    to respect the right to assembly by allowing individuals to publicly
    gather.

    With regard to individuals detained with relation to public
    gatherings, the Office made a number of interventions to the Armenian
    authorities this year requesting that such individuals be released, in
    the case of administrative detentions, or that fair trials be
    conducted for those that had criminal charges applied. The Office
    hopes that there will be an improvement in the situation allowing
    individuals to publicly gather and expressed their opinions without
    any undue restrictions placed before them.
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