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Larisa Alaverdyan. `There would not be trafficking in Armenia if it
was not concealed by law enforcement agencies.'
June 21 2013
In the U.S. State Department report, Armenia appeared in the 30th
group among 180 countries in terms of fight against human trafficking,
which means that the country signifies the importance of fight against
human trafficking, the government is executing serious projects in
this direction, and in this regard everything is perfect in the
country. In a talk with Aravot.am the former defender of Human Rights,
the chairwoman of `Against the Law' NGO Larisa Alaveryan said this
should not encourage us. `Now I do not have the figures, but I have a
concern about this issue. I've dealt with it a few years ago and it
was my belief that the trafficking would not happen in Armenia if it
was not concealed by law enforcement agencies then. It's hard to
imagine Armenia a country of many ways out. I can not imagine that it
can be done without criminal cooperation, but what tools and forms of
combat are available now, I do not know. At the time I had an opinion
formed that our judicial authorities do not work properly with both
trafficking victims and the accused and culprits. We should not get
encouraged with this report s, because we are talking about a
struggle, and not a phenomenon. If we have shown that we have changed
the law, or the principle of punishment acted a little more, these are
evidences that talk not about the fact that there is no trafficking
but about the fact that we are fighting against it.' Eva HAKOBYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/06/21/155000/
was not concealed by law enforcement agencies.'
June 21 2013
In the U.S. State Department report, Armenia appeared in the 30th
group among 180 countries in terms of fight against human trafficking,
which means that the country signifies the importance of fight against
human trafficking, the government is executing serious projects in
this direction, and in this regard everything is perfect in the
country. In a talk with Aravot.am the former defender of Human Rights,
the chairwoman of `Against the Law' NGO Larisa Alaveryan said this
should not encourage us. `Now I do not have the figures, but I have a
concern about this issue. I've dealt with it a few years ago and it
was my belief that the trafficking would not happen in Armenia if it
was not concealed by law enforcement agencies then. It's hard to
imagine Armenia a country of many ways out. I can not imagine that it
can be done without criminal cooperation, but what tools and forms of
combat are available now, I do not know. At the time I had an opinion
formed that our judicial authorities do not work properly with both
trafficking victims and the accused and culprits. We should not get
encouraged with this report s, because we are talking about a
struggle, and not a phenomenon. If we have shown that we have changed
the law, or the principle of punishment acted a little more, these are
evidences that talk not about the fact that there is no trafficking
but about the fact that we are fighting against it.' Eva HAKOBYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/06/21/155000/