In a new Opinion, the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Prosecutors addresses the implementation of the usual functions of prosecution services in emergency situations, their new or extended functions in response to such situations, how to overcome the challenges faced by prosecution services in emergency situations, as well as the modalities of international co-operation during a pandemic. The Opinion considers …
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ԵՌԱԳՈՅՆ. Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan has called upon the international community, and in particular the international organizations on human rights to focus on the issue of Azerbaijani authorities artificially protracting the process of exchange of bodies and captives, which has been the case during the military activities, and continues now after the completion of …
Joint statement by PACE President Rik Daems and Zita Gurmai (Hungary, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on violence against women, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November): “Violence against women remains widespread. An average of 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or family member every …
We are officially stating that Bishop Arshak Khachatryan was not summoned to the National Security Service. The press department of the NSS said this in response to Aravot Daily’s question. The founder of the One Armenia political party, Artur Ghazinyan, wrote on Facebook, “The Chancellor of the Mother See, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, has been summoned …
The President of the European Court of Human Rights, Robert Spano, has paid tribute to the essential role of parliaments in upholding the Convention and rulings of the Strasbourg Court. Addressing a meeting of PACE’s “enlarged” Standing Committee by videoconference, Mr Spano said: “The role of parliaments is now crucial, both upstream in preventing violations, …
On November 20, on the occasion of the International Children’s Day Artsakh Human Rights Ombudsman sent a letter to the Executive Director of UNICEF, Henrietta H. Fore. The letter reads: “Dear Ms. Fore, November 20th is an important date for the civilized world as it is the date when the UN General Assembly adopted the …
“We have finished the 4th closed report on atrocities committed by the Azerbaijani armed forces against captured ethnic Armenians and corpses. It is the 4th report covering only torture and cruelty and refers to the period from November 4-18. We have already started preparation of the 5th report. This report provides concrete evidence of all …
In this video, the Azerbaijani soldiers forces humiliate an elderly man, an ethnic Armenian, and subject him to overtly inhumane treatment with exceptional cynicism. They do it just because this person is an ethnic Armenian. Hatred in Azerbaijan is so systematic and is so highly encouraged by the state that these servicemen do not care …
The Human Rights Ombudman’s Office of the Republic of Artsakh was informed that on November 11 10 citizens of Artsakh and Armenia went missing on the Shushi section of the Goris-Shushi highway, after which a video was posted on Azerbaijani social networks, testifying to their presence on the Azerbaijani side. As a result of the …
In a new Opinion on “The role of associations of judges in supporting judicial independence”, the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) calls upon member States to provide a framework within which the right of judges to associate can be effectively exercised, and to refrain from any interventions which might infringe the independence of …
