We denounce the violence in the Parliament
Prime Minister Pashinyan has repeatedly and clearly stated that violence has no place in our life. Today, however, after several attempts to interrupt MP Edmon Marukyan’s speech in Armenia’s Parliament, My Step faction MP Sassoon Mikayelyan exerted violence on Marukyan, after which an all-out brawl began on the Parliament floor. The culture of dignified and […]
The ECHR Adopted a Decision on the Case Mkrtchyan v. Armenia
On May 7 of 2020, the European Court of Human Rights published the verdict on murder case of soldier Arayik Avetisyan. The son of the Applicant Anahit Mkrtchyan, the 22 year-old soldier Arayik Avetisyan was killed on October 30 of 2001 as a result of getting a deadly injury on the head in the office […]
Access to healthcare and social distance during COVID pandemic cannot stop at the prison gate
The article of Maïté De Rue, policy officer of the Open Society Justice Initiative and former 1st-Vice president of theEuropean Committee for the prevention of torture, on “Access to healthcare and social distance during COVID pandemic cannot stop at the prison gate” Access to healthcare and social distance during COVID pandemic cannot stop at the prison gate
