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No One is Arrested on the Occasion of the Soldier’s Death
On June 29 the corpse of the obligatory military term soldier Tigran Hambardzumyan was found in the nearby forest of the military point. After finishing the second year of the International Department of Yerevan State...
“Let the court as well conduct investigation”, says the Senior Prosecutor Harutyun Harutyunyan
The Court of Criminal Appeals (with the presiding judge Khachatryan) declined the complaint of General Prosecutor's Office in connection with Levon Gulyan' case. The Senior Prosecutor Harutyun Harutyunyan asked for...
Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Armenia’s judiciary
Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Armenia's judiciary was the focus of a meeting organized today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Office in Yerevan. ...
Trafficking in Persons Report 2011 on Armenia
Armenia is a source country for women and girls subjected to sex trafficking, as well as a source and destination country for women subjected to forced labor, and a source country for men subjected to forced labor....
NGOs are Dissatisfied with the Decision of the Committee of Ministers of CoE
On June 10, 2011 the Resolution CM/ResDH(2011)39 on execution of the June 17, 2008 judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on the case of "Meltex" LLC versus Republic of Armenia was released. The Resolution was...
Aarhus in Armenia: Evaluation by the Public
The Republic of Armenia has signed the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) in June 1998 and ratified it...
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Sunday 26 June 2011
The United Nations Committee Against Torture; the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture; the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and the Board of Trustees of the...
Number of Drug Users on Rise
Despite the fact that the level of drug circulation in Armenia is not high, the number of drug users is on rise. "In 2009 the number of drug addicts in Armenia was 1717, in 2010 it was 2751. The number includes all...
Whose interests does the Administrative Court represent?
On June 22 the hearing of the "Olymp" production cooperative's claim against Yerevan Municipality with the demand of recognition of the property right was delayed at the RA Administrative Court. "Milano case hearing has...
European Court found the right to property infringed, but the compensation is “symbolic”
European Court of Human Rights has satisfied the complaint of Ms. Nelly Minasyan and Ms. Yelena Semerjyan against Armenia and found their right to property infringed (Article 1 of the Protocol 1 of the European...