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Today the Draft Constitutional Amendments Were Sent To the Venice Commission
Today the draft constitutional amendments were sent to the Venice Commission, RA NA Vice Speaker Tigran Torosyan reported. The agreements achieved during the discussions June 23-24 between the representatives of the...
RA Ombudsman’s Web Site Launched
On July 7 at Tekeyan Culture Center the presentation of the web site of RA Human Rights Defender ([url=http://www.ombuds.am target=_blank]www.ombuds.am[/url]) was held. The internet resource in three languages, Armenian...
Jehovah’s Witnesses Renounce Alternative Military Service
In contrast to the previous mobilization, this year no member of the organization “Jehovah’s Witnesses” went to the Gyumri mental hospital for alternative military service. And the two believers, who had gone there in...
Officials Will Be Tried In Case Of Hiding Documents
Today two deputy Ministers of the RA legislative structures on the initiative of the «Liberation processes monitoring national center» represented to the journalists their opinions about the transparency of the activity...
Armenian Ombudsman Again Cites Lack Of Powers
The Office Of Human Rights Defender said on Wednesday that it is able to investigate only a fraction of individual complaints against Armenian courts and law-enforcement agencies because of a serious lack of legal...
Yerevan Set To Send Revised Constitution To Strasbourg
Armenian officials were working hurriedly on Wednesday to meet Thursday’s deadline for making major changes in President Robert Kocharian’s constitutional package and sending it to the Council of Europe for examination...
Civic Groups Want Better Conditions In Armenian Prisons
Conditions in Armenia’s prisons remain “unsatisfactory” despite having improved since their transfer under the Justice Ministry’s control three years ago, according to civil society activists that have extensively...
30 People Rally In Front Of Government Building to Protest against Social Cards
Almost 30 people rallied in front of the government building today in protest of social cards. They claim that they have not received wages and pensions for several months because of having no social cards and so they...
Yerevan Accepts Council Of Europe Demands On Constitution
Official Yerevan formally committed itself to accepting the key Council of Europe recommendations on the reform of Armenia’s controversial constitution on Friday, one day after facing strong criticism from the...
PACE Committee on Legal Affairs Is Decisive About the Constitutional Reforms of Armenia
The PACE Committee on Legal Affairs session finished in which the Committee expressed their opinion about the Monitoring Committee draft resolution about the constitutional reforms in Armenia. The Committee on Legal...