Today, the Human Rights Defender
Arman Tatoyan participated in Anti-Corruption Policy Council session chaired by
the RA Prime Minister. During the session, the Minister of Justice presented the draft
“On Anti-Corruption Strategy of the Republic of Armenia and Approval of
2019-2022 Action Plan for its Implementation” revised by the Government
decision.
The Human Rights Defender presented 18 main recommendations, which
are almost completely adopted.
During the session, Arman Tatoyan spoke about the institutional system
envisaged by the Strategy. He noted that this version of the Draft Strategy was
substantially revised, highlighting that it guarantees the independence of the
proposed Anti-Corruption Committee from any political body or political
influence. First of all, it relates to the fights against crime. The strategy
envisages that the Anti-Corruption Committee will be formed on the basis of a
redistribution of the functions of the current investigative bodies. In this
regard, the Defender stressed that it is important that torture cases continue
to be investigated by the Special Investigation Service as an independent
investigative body.
The Defender also spoke about the correlation between the Human Rights Defender
and Commission for the Prevention of Corruption that is envisaged by the
Strategy.
During the session, the importance of presenting declarations, public awareness
activities on the actions that are based on the Strategy, etc. were also
discussed. Given the systemic negative impact of corruption on the human rights
system and the rule of law, the Human Rights Defender attaches importance to
his participation in the Anti-Corruption Policy Council sessions, which allows
him to directly present recommendations on anti-corruption issues in the
country.
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