RIGHTS OF MILITARY SERVANTS NOT STIPULATED IN LAW

Panorama.am
14:55 16/11/06

"Military service and human rights are contradicting at
the first glance but there is an option under which they are
compatible." Vaga Amirkhanyan, head of "Hakastver" NGO (Against
shadow), said. Amirkhanyan talks about contract service. Harutiun
Mukhsi -Hoveyan, personnel department head at the ministry of defense,
said there are a lot of contract military servants in the army but
he declined to unveil their number.

Speaking about prospects of contract service, Mukhsi-Hoveyan said,
"Time will show." He also said contract service will run together
with compulsory military service.

"Contract service is a base for democracy in the army which will
respect the right of military servants," Vladimir Priakhin, OSCE
Yerevan Office head, said.

"After constitutional changes, there is a need to make amendments in
a number of laws, including relating to military," Serjik Avetisyan,
judge of military and criminal affairs appeal court, said. He said
there are laws in Russia will enable a military servant to complain
against the orders of his commanders as well as defense minister and
chief headquarter commander which are not available in Armenia. He
said Armenian laws enable to complain against higher rank orders only
through supervisors.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress