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Vilnius (4 December 2011)—In order to address the inadequate response of states and international organizations to ongoing human rights violations in Europe and Eurasia, 35 leading civil society organizations today launched Civic Solidarity, a new international platform for cooperation.
/2011-December-15/
Yesterday, the human rights activist and Chairman of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor, Artur Sakunts, informed Zhoghovurd that HCAV received an alert that a citizen was invited to the Lori Region Prosecutor’s Office where he harmed himself.
/2011-December-13/
The presentation and discussion of the judicial cases initiated by Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor in 2001-2011, will be held on December 14, 2011, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the joint meeting room of the Congress Hotel. 


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Call addressed to PACE Monitoring Committee

Human Rights Protection     Announcements     /2010-October-14/

A group of NGOs sent a letter to the heads of European organizations.

Open letter


To: Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Chairperson of the Monitoring Committee of the PACE
Members of the Monitoring Committee of the PACE
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
International Federation of Human Rights

We the undersigned Armenian civil society organisations express our deep disappointment and bewilderment concerning the one more delay of the visit of the PACE Monitoring Committee’s corapporteurs in regard of Armenia to Yerevan authorised by the Committee as far back as on June 22, 2010.

Despite the fact that Armenian authorities are flagrantly violating their international obligations in the fields of Democracy, protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Rule of Law, in particular they are continuing to disregard the principal demands of the last four resolutions adopted by the PACE, the PACE Monitoring Committee continuously demonstrates unacceptable softness in regard to Armenian authorities.

By tolerating the refusal of Armenian authorities to accept the co-rapporteusr visit, refusal which is conditioned only by the drive to escape once again the responsibility for the crimes committed since the 2008 presidential elections, the Committee factually becomes a plaything in the hands of Armenian authorities and stimulates the deepening of the sense of their impunity.

Furthermore, the discussions concerning the visit of co-rapporteurs to Armenia held during the last Session of the PACE and the substantiation of the delay, make us doubt the meaning of the monitoring procedure and the objectiveness of the Committee.

Considering the efforts of Armenian authorities to personalise the monitoring procedure unacceptable, weonce again call upon the Monitoring Committee to avoid being manipulated by our authorities, to demand the immediate visit of co-rapporteurs to Armenia and to attain that goal.

Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Armenian Committee
Asparez Journalist’s Club
Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly’s Vanadzor Office
Menq Plus NGO
Centre for Rights and Freedom NGO
Youth for Democracy NGO
Transparency International Anti-corruption Center
Political Prisoners Wives’ “Shahkhatun” NGO



 

 

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