Ombudsman calls for fulfillment of constitutional requirements

Armenia’s Human Rights Defender’s Office has received several complaints that Armenia’s law enforcement bodies restrict the rights of Armenian citizens to have a lawyer while being held in detention.

In that relation, Armenia’s Ombudsman, Armen Harutyunyan, has issued a statement calling on Armenia’s law enforcement bodies to strictly follow the requirements of Armenia’s Constitution and the international agreements under which Armenia has assumed some responsibilities on human rights protection.

“Taking into account the above-mentioned, I am calling [on Armenia’s law enforcement bodies] to strictly follow from now on the requirements of Armenia’s Constitution, the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, European Court of Human Rights and the precedents of the judicial acts of Armenia’s Court of Cassation,” reads the statement.