Ombudsman on CC’s decisions, civilized police officers and Investigative Committee human-centered approach
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YEREVAN, 10 DECEMBER, ARMENPRESS. For the first time ever, seven high-ranking government officials of the Republic of Armenia have gathered around a table to discuss with the Ombudsman the issues related to human rights protection within their respective government agencies.
December 10th is International Human Rights Day and it is on that occasion that a discussion is being held in this format for the first time. The guests are President of the Constitutional Court Gagik Harutyunyan, Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan, Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan, Chief of Staff of the Government-Minister David Harutyunyan, Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Justice Hovhannes Manukyan and Chairman of the Investigative Committee Aghvan Hovsepyan.
According to Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan, this year the Constitutional Court took several brilliant decisions that created promising preconditions for the people and protected the rights of tens of hundreds of thousands of citizens. Touching upon the activities carried out by the Police, the Ombudsman mentioned that there have been fewer cases of assaults and corruption over the past couple of years. As for the Investigative Committee, the Ombudsman’s Office has noticed that in spite of the Committee’s short existence, it has carried out human-centered activities where the rights of both the victim and the defendant are protected.