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UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED TO VISIT CAUCASUS
  • Human Rights
  • 2010-09-13 11:45:58

GENEVA, SEPTEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Professor Walter Kaelin, will carry out a follow-up visit to

Human Rights Ombudsman: Situation with freedom of speech in
Armenia is worrisome
  • Human Rights
  • 2010-07-08 14:00:00

YEREVAN, JULY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Presenting his special public report on the right to the freedom of speech in Armenia, RA Human Rights Ombudsman Armen

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders visited “Erebuni” penitentiary
  • Human Rights
  • 2010-06-15 16:26:00

YEREVAN, 15 JUNE, NOYAN TAPAN: On June 15, RA Minister of Justice Gevorg Danielyan received the delegation led by UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

The RA Deputy Foreign Minister received the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
  • Human Rights
  • 2010-06-14 18:36:00

YEREVAN, 14 JUNE, NOYAN TAPAN: On June 14, Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian received UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Margaret Sekaggia who arrived in Armenia based

Ombudsman publishes special report on right to freedom of
assembly in Armenia
  • Human Rights
  • 2010-05-25 15:30:00

YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian on May 25 presented to the public his special Report on the Right to Freedom of Assembly

Armen Harutyunian: Society cannot be composed of persons
having only rights and those having only obligations
  • Human Rights
  • 2010-02-26 23:00:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. "It does not matter if the gas tariff rise calculations are correct or not. The important thing is that the ordinary

2009 annual report on state of human rights in Armenia to
be presented to public in February or March
  • Human Rights
  • 2010-02-10 17:02:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2009 annual report on the state of human rights in Armenia will be presented to the public in February or

Azerbaijan is waging total information war even in field of
human rights protection, RA Ombudsman says
  • Human Rights
  • 2010-02-10 16:30:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Azerbaijan is trying to turn the field of human rights protection into one of the main dimensions of its information war,

No significant progress has been made so far regarding
human rights protection in Armenia, RA Ombudsman says
  • Human Rights
  • 2009-12-10 15:26:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian believes that there are shortcomings in the field of human rights protection in Armenia, and so

Tigran Sargsyan: Modern society cannot develop without
respect for human rights
  • Human Rights
  • 2009-12-10 14:42:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Modern society cannot develop without respect for human rights, while man with knowledge and education who represents the driving force of modern

RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian elected member of Board of
Directors of European Ombudsman Institute
  • Human Rights
  • 2009-10-09 19:00:00

FLORENCE, OCTOBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. A regular annual enlarged meeting of the European Ombudsman Institute was held in Florence on October 5, during which the Ombudsman

RA Ombudsman meets with PACE Monitoring Committee
Co-rapporteurs
  • Human Rights
  • 2009-06-17 16:35:00

YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunian met with PACE Monitoring Committee Co-rapporteurs John Prescott and George Colombier on June 16. The Ombudsman presented his

429 complaints sent to RA Ombudsman's Office given positive
solutions
  • Human Rights
  • 2009-03-12 18:30:00

YEREVAN, MARCH 12, NOYAN TAPAN. 5 800 citizens applied to RA Ombudsman's Office in 2008. 429 applications were given positive solutions, RA Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunian reported

RA Ombudsman publicizes 2008 annual report on situation in
sphere
  • Human Rights
  • 2009-03-10 19:00:00

YEREVAN, MARCH 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On March 10, RA Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunian publicized the 2008 annual report on protection of human rights in Armenia in 2008.

Armen Harutyunian: The absence of complaints about abuses
of children's rights bears evidence of the existence of problems
  • Human Rights
  • 2009-02-09 23:00:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. "In Armenia, no complaints about abuses of children's rights are received, we have no official statistics, and it bears evidence of

Human rights defenders of Armenia speak against holding
court sittings without defendants
  • Human Rights
  • 2009-02-09 19:00:00

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The following human rights orgaizations: Civil Society Institute, Helsinki Committee of Armenia, Against Legal Arbitrariness organization, and Helsinki Civil Assembly Vanadzor Office

DVDs with facts of policemen's illegal actions given to
head of RA police
  • Human Rights
  • 2009-01-20 19:00:00

YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. With his application to the RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian, the representative of the Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabian enclosed three DVDs with

Armenian Ombudsman asks his Georgian counterpart to
implement monitoring of trial of members of United Javakhk
organization
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-12-25 23:00:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian sent a letter to his Georgian counterpart, in which he expressed concern in connection with the

In Armenia, it is state that violates human rights, Larisa
Alaverdian says
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-12-12 18:00:00

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. "In Armenia, human rights violations have a mass and regular character," the former ombudsperson of Armenia, member of the National Assembly "Heritage"

IMPORTANCE TO FORM ATMOSPHERE OF TOLERANCE IS NOT REALIZED
IN ARMENIA YET, RA OMBUDSMAN CONSIDERS
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-10-07 17:40:00

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. A discussion on the subject Assistance to Tolerance was held on October 7 in Yerevan within the framework of UNDP's program

OSCE/ODIHR TRAINS ARMENIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ON
MONITORING FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-09-17 19:45:00

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a four-day training course on September 15-18 for Armenian human defenders

ACCORDING TO ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN, DOCUMENTARY FILM PRESENTED
BY SOCIAL COMMITTEE ON INQUIRY INTO MARCH 1-2 EVENTS TO PUBLIC
CAUSES SERIOUS CONCERN
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-09-12 20:00:00

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The content, shots and scenes of a 30-min documentary film presented by the social committee on inquiry into the March 1-2

RA OMBUDSMAN ASKS PROSECUTOR GENERAL TO DISCUSS ISSUE OF
CHANGING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE FOR MYASNIK MALKHASIAN
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-08-01 23:08:00

YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The working group, which was set up by instructions of the RA Ombudman Armen Harutyunian, on July 29 went to Yerevan-Kentron

RA OMBUDSMAN CONSIDERS EXPEDIENT ARMAN BABAJANIAN'S
SUSPENDED PRE-TERM RELEASE
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-07-15 20:00:00

YEREVAN, JULY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. One of these days the independent commission on suspended pre-term release of convicts from serving their punishment or on

NO ONE CAN BE PERSECUTED FOR HIS POLITICAL VIEWS, HEAD OF RA
PRESIDENT'S ADMINISTRATION SAYS
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-07-14 20:15:00

YEREVAN, JULY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. On July 14, Hovik Abrahamian, the Head of the RA President's Administration, met with Thomas Hammarberg, the Commissioner for Human Rights

GOVERNMENT TO COME UP WITH INITIATIVE OF LEGISLATIVE
AMENDMENTS TO LIMIT CORRUPTION RISKS
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-07-14 19:20:00

YEREVAN, JULY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Sometimes months are not enough for examining such events as those of March 1-2 and haste in this issue sometimes has

PROBLEMS RAISED IN COMPLAINT OF FUCHIK STREET RESIDENTS TO
OMBUDSMAN RECEIVE SOLUTION
  • Human Rights
  • 2008-06-24 23:00:00

YEREVAN, JUNE 24, NOYAN TAPAN. On April 17 of this year, the residents of house 21 in Fuchik Street (Yerevan, Ajapniak community) sent a complaint to