Today Arman Tatoyan presented the
2018 Annual Communication of the Human Rights Defender and the Annual Report on
activities of the NPM has been presented to the Standing Committee on
Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs of the National Assembly.
He noted that the scale of
Defender’s operation has grown considerably: visits by the Defender to the
child care and protection institutions has increased 11 times, visits to
penitentiary institutions - two times, etc. More than 10 ad hoc reports have
been published in 2018.
The Human Rights Defender presented
the activities conducted during April-May months, recorded issues at police
units, effective operation with lawyers, as well as the increase of hate speech
and incitement to violence in the social network recorded during those days.
"The regular calls to refrain
from violence by the organizers of the demonstrations during those days were of
particular importance", said the Human Rights Defender.
Arman Tatoyan also presented the
Annual Report on activates of the National Preventive Mechanism, stressing that
the penitentiary system continues to impose punitive measures while a practice
of imposing incentives should be adopted. The Defender referred to the issues
revealed in the children's care and protection institutions and psychiatric
institutions, noting that recommendations made in the report have been
presented with the concrete solutions.
The Human Rights Defender and
Parliamentarians of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and
Public Affairs of the National Assembly agreed cooperate for the purpose of
addressing the issues raised in the Annual Communication and Report.
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