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KAREN ANDREASYAN: "COURTS ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION"
Mediamax News Agency
Dec 10 2012
Armenia
Monday 10 December 2012 12:03LeftRight Yerevan. December 10.
/Mediamax/. This year, the Office of Ombudsman pursued the rights of
about 5600 people.
Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan said this in Yerevan today,
Mediamax reports.
Summing up the statistics of human rights violations by governmental
bodies in 2012, Karen Andreasyan said that some of these people were
provided with legal counseling and 2290 applications were accepted
for consideration.
"820 off these applications contained serious complaints and referred
to Police, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Ministries of
Justice and Defense, as well as to Yerevan Municipality," said Karen
Andreasyan.
This year, the Armenian Human Rights Defender's Office issued 27
decisions on human rights violations relating to Prosecutor's Office
and Ministry of Defense (6 violations each).
In reply to Mediamax's question, Karen Andreasyan said that "courts
are the biggest problem in Armenia's human rights protection".
"The courts should be the guarantor of human rights protection. The
social vulnerability of our citizens, the absence of a free economic
competition and the mistrust towards electoral processes is also a
serious challenge from the point of view of human rights protection,"
said Karen Andreasyan.
According to him, the citizens have no confidence in electoral
processes and the problem here is the "unceremonious treatment" of the
Central Electoral Committee, Police or the Prosecutor General's Office.
Mediamax News Agency
Dec 10 2012
Armenia
Monday 10 December 2012 12:03LeftRight Yerevan. December 10.
/Mediamax/. This year, the Office of Ombudsman pursued the rights of
about 5600 people.
Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan said this in Yerevan today,
Mediamax reports.
Summing up the statistics of human rights violations by governmental
bodies in 2012, Karen Andreasyan said that some of these people were
provided with legal counseling and 2290 applications were accepted
for consideration.
"820 off these applications contained serious complaints and referred
to Police, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Ministries of
Justice and Defense, as well as to Yerevan Municipality," said Karen
Andreasyan.
This year, the Armenian Human Rights Defender's Office issued 27
decisions on human rights violations relating to Prosecutor's Office
and Ministry of Defense (6 violations each).
In reply to Mediamax's question, Karen Andreasyan said that "courts
are the biggest problem in Armenia's human rights protection".
"The courts should be the guarantor of human rights protection. The
social vulnerability of our citizens, the absence of a free economic
competition and the mistrust towards electoral processes is also a
serious challenge from the point of view of human rights protection,"
said Karen Andreasyan.
According to him, the citizens have no confidence in electoral
processes and the problem here is the "unceremonious treatment" of the
Central Electoral Committee, Police or the Prosecutor General's Office.