Armenia National Assembly receives resignation of Human Rights Defender

YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, ARMENPRESS. The National Assembly of Armenia has received, according to the established order, the resignation of Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Karen Andreasyan. “Armenpress” reports that Head ofPublic Relations and Media Department of Armenia National Assembly Arsen Babayan posted about it on his Facebook page.

“I remind that according to Part 3, Article 6 of “The Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Human Rights Defender”, the Defender's powers shall terminatein case he repeats resignation not later than 10 days after the Defender submits a letter of resignation to the National Assembly (NA). Based on the latter, President of the Republic of Armenia National Assembly informs the MPs about the early termination of the powers of the Defender during the upcoming NA sitting,” Babayan posted.

According to “The Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Human Rights Defender”,in case of early termination of the Defender's powers, the new Defender shall be appointed within a month from the date of termination of the powers of the previous Defender. The NA elects the Defender for a 6-year term with the 3/5 of the overall MPs votes from the candidates nominated by at least 1/5 of the MPs. The Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Karen Andreasyan submitted a letter of resignation on January 12.

“The Ombudsman thanks all his colleagues for the joint work and is hopeful that the human rights protection will remain the priority of our country and society. There will not be any other comments on this,” reads the statement posted on the Facebook page of Human Rights Defender Office.