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OSCE supports Borderline Reality art exhibition on Human Rights Day to promote rehabilitation of convicted persons in Armenia
On the occasion of Human Rights Day the OSCE Office in Yerevan supported an art exhibition at the newly-opened penitentiary institution in Armavir, which highlights the need for rehabilitating and reintegrating...
“Armavir” PI Will Unburden Other Penitentiary Institutions (Photos)
On November 29 the official opening ceremony of the first building of “Armavir” penitentiary institution was held. Serj Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia, was present at the opening. The first building...
OSCE/ODIHR assessment report recommends more flexibility and transparency in the Armenian legislative process
The legislative process in the Republic of Armenia should be more flexible and participatory, said an assessment report presented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Yerevan on 30...
CSI president Arman Danielyan is reelected in the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
Elections of new members of UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) took place on 23 October 2014 at the United Nations in Geneva. Arman Danielyan,...
The Problems of the Introduction of Probation System Have Been Discussed at the Penitentiary Department
On February 22 a meeting between HaykKhemchyan, the coordinator of the project “Support to the Establishment of Probation Service in Armenia”implemented by the Council of Europe and Martin Saddon, probation...
Statement regarding the trial of Shahen Harutyunyan, Shant Harutyunyan’s son
The trial of Shant Harutyunyan, his son Shahen Harutyunyan and other members of the protesting group is being held these days. The way this trial is being handled is in line with many other trials that took place in...
Prevention of Torture: UN human rights body suspends Azerbaijan visit citing official obstruction
The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has decided to suspend its visit to Azerbaijan due to obstructions it encountered in carrying out its mandate under the Optional Protocol to the Convention...
Representatives of the Ministry of Justice discussed with CSI issues related to early conditional release system
On 10 July, a meeting between Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Qrmoyan and, Norayr Balayan, Head of Department of legal support of the system of MoJ and CSI President Arman Danielyan as well as representatives of CSI’s...
GrishaVirabyan’s case will be sent to new investigation
The case of Grisha Virabyan (who has got political asylum in Belgium) on torture will be sent to a new pre-trial investigation. This information was shared to yerkir.am by Mr. Virabyan’s lawyer, Aleksandr Sirunyan. He...
The parliament of Armenia adopted Pension Law
On May 15, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia in the second and final reading adopted in full the draft law on Making Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Cumulative Pension proposed by the Government...