Statements

On public transport organization
08/31/09

On 26.08.2009 a news programme broadcasted by the “Kentron” television reported that organizations and private entrepreneurs, registered in the Republic of Armenia and offering  transportation services for a fee on a large scale contravene the requirements of the RA Labor Code; drivers of the general public transport suffer from the violation of their Right to Rest and Leisure and the Right to Just and Favourable Remuneration; particularly peculiarities of  labor and rest, stipulated by the Appendix N6  of the Government Decision from February 1, 2007 N 201-Ն are left out of account. During the examination carried out by the State Committee of Labor it was revealed that more >

Regarding joint statement of the Armenian National Congress and “Heritage” party
06/01/09

The Human Rights Defender of RA Armen Harutyunyan radically denies the accusations expressed in the joint statement of the Armenian National Congress and “Heritage” party and is not going to allow political forces to lay their blame on the Human Rights Defender.  According to the Defender both the authorities and the opposition used the fact-finding group for the political manipulations and did not allow it to act as an experts’ group. One gains the impression that more >

Elections of Yerevan Council
06/01/09

During the May 31, 2009 Elections for the Yerevan City Council the Office of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia received more than 10 oral complaints, which mainly address the following issues:more >

On the declaration of amnesty
05/29/09

On May 28th, 2009, during the visit to the Memorial dedicated to Sardarapat battle in connection to the 91st  anniversary of the 1st Republic of Armenia, President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, answering journalists questions, mentioned – “...I call upon political forces, public figures, Public Counsel to submit their proposals on the necessity and conditions of the amnesty to the presidential administration...”. more >