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OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE HAS REGISTERED 31 CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION BY STATE AGENCIES
18:11 10.12.2012
Lusine Vasilyan
"Radiolur"
December 10 marks Human Rights Day. On this occasion Armenian
Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan presented the statistics of human rights
violations by state bodies.
The Human Rights Defender's Office issued 31 decisions on human rights
violation this year. According to Karen Andreasyan, the General
Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Defense violated human rights
six times each. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the
Ministry of Justice violated the human rights four and three times
respectively.
Other state bodies, which have violated and have failed to restore
human rights, include the Yerevan City Hall, the Police, the Ministry
of Education and Science, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the State Revenue Committee and the Department of State Property
Management.
Assessing the overall human rights situation in the country, Karen
Andreasyan said: "Courts must be the main guarantors of human rights
protection, while in reality the judiciary is one of the most
vulnerable points in Armenia." Among other challenges the Ombudsman
pointed to social-economic conditions, poverty rate, lack of free
competition and mistrust in electoral processes.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2012/12/10/ombudsmans-office-has-registered-31-cases-of-human-rights-violation-by-state-agencies/
From: A. Papazian
18:11 10.12.2012
Lusine Vasilyan
"Radiolur"
December 10 marks Human Rights Day. On this occasion Armenian
Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan presented the statistics of human rights
violations by state bodies.
The Human Rights Defender's Office issued 31 decisions on human rights
violation this year. According to Karen Andreasyan, the General
Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Defense violated human rights
six times each. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the
Ministry of Justice violated the human rights four and three times
respectively.
Other state bodies, which have violated and have failed to restore
human rights, include the Yerevan City Hall, the Police, the Ministry
of Education and Science, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the State Revenue Committee and the Department of State Property
Management.
Assessing the overall human rights situation in the country, Karen
Andreasyan said: "Courts must be the main guarantors of human rights
protection, while in reality the judiciary is one of the most
vulnerable points in Armenia." Among other challenges the Ombudsman
pointed to social-economic conditions, poverty rate, lack of free
competition and mistrust in electoral processes.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2012/12/10/ombudsmans-office-has-registered-31-cases-of-human-rights-violation-by-state-agencies/
From: A. Papazian