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Over 100 constitutional law experts from CoE member states to attend
Armenia-hosted conference in July
16:55 04.05.2013
Lusine Vasilyan
`Radiolur'
Armenia will assume the presidency of the Council of Europe Committee
of Ministers on May 16. The six-month presidency will not only provide
an opportunity to deepen the Armenia-Council of Europe cooperation,
but also reach practical results in the field.
In July Yerevan will host a conference on constitutional law, which
will feature Presidents of Constitutional Courts, experts of
constitutional law from more than 20 countries. According to the
President of the Constitutional Court Gagik Harutyunyan, more than 100
renowned specialists are expected to participate in the event.
According to Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan, the Armenian
Presidency of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers is an
opportunity to evaluate the 12-year-log cooperation.
`When we were joining the Council of Europe in 2001, many of our
commitments were painful and there was a fear whether the cooperation
with the CoE would be useful to us,' the Ombudsman said.
According to Karen Andreasyan, these concerns have been overcome, and
the Council of Europe is no more conceived as a structure that could
cause harm to our national values. He said Armenia has registered
progress as regards the protection of human right, but the issue still
remains a painful one. The Human Rights Defender means first of all
the judicial system.
`Many of our citizens seek for justice in the European Court of human
Rights in Strasbourg because of the imperfect judicial system. This
trend will decline only when the national institutions start
functioning perfectly,' he said.
Armenia-hosted conference in July
16:55 04.05.2013
Lusine Vasilyan
`Radiolur'
Armenia will assume the presidency of the Council of Europe Committee
of Ministers on May 16. The six-month presidency will not only provide
an opportunity to deepen the Armenia-Council of Europe cooperation,
but also reach practical results in the field.
In July Yerevan will host a conference on constitutional law, which
will feature Presidents of Constitutional Courts, experts of
constitutional law from more than 20 countries. According to the
President of the Constitutional Court Gagik Harutyunyan, more than 100
renowned specialists are expected to participate in the event.
According to Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan, the Armenian
Presidency of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers is an
opportunity to evaluate the 12-year-log cooperation.
`When we were joining the Council of Europe in 2001, many of our
commitments were painful and there was a fear whether the cooperation
with the CoE would be useful to us,' the Ombudsman said.
According to Karen Andreasyan, these concerns have been overcome, and
the Council of Europe is no more conceived as a structure that could
cause harm to our national values. He said Armenia has registered
progress as regards the protection of human right, but the issue still
remains a painful one. The Human Rights Defender means first of all
the judicial system.
`Many of our citizens seek for justice in the European Court of human
Rights in Strasbourg because of the imperfect judicial system. This
trend will decline only when the national institutions start
functioning perfectly,' he said.