On
January 31, a meeting with the representatives of the Ministry of Justice of
the Republic of Armenia, the Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the
Judicial Department and the Penitentiary Service took place in the Office of
the Human Rights Defender.
During
the meeting, Laura Gasparyan, Head of the Department of Prevention of Torture
and Ill-treatment of the Defender's Office, and Aram Minasyan, Head of the
Department of Human Rights Protection in the Criminal Justice Sector and the
Armed Forces, presented the issues recorded by the Defender during monitoring
visits to the detention cells of persons deprived of liberty in court buildings
and by individual complaints.
Reference
was made to the proper provision of food, medical care and legal services to
persons deprived of their liberty in court cells. In particular, there is often
a problem with providing and receiving canned food to persons, in accordance
with the procedure established by law.
The
courtrooms generally lack tables, facilities for heating and preserving food,
as well as utensils. There are also no legal regulations regarding the
provision of proper medical care and the provision of regular medication
prescribed by a doctor in the cells of the courts of persons deprived of their
liberty.
Complaints
were also received by lawyers in the staff of the Defender, when a person
deprived of liberty in a court cell is deprived of the right to an unhindered
meeting with a lawyer in the absence of procedures defined by the legislation.
The
above-mentioned problems hinder the effective protection of the rights of
persons deprived of their freedom and need an urgent solution.
During
the discussion with the competent state bodies, effective ways of solution were
outlined, the urgency of the need to develop relevant legislative regulations
was emphasized.
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