EU STATEMENT ON THE ARMENIAN HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN’S REPORT INTO THE EVENTS OF 1 MARCH
Panorama.am
17:43 20/05/2008
Mr Chairman, on 4 March the European Union expressed its deep
concern over the violence in Yerevan during the events of 1 March,
which resulted in the loss of life and numerous injuries. We called
at that time for an independent investigation into the events of 1
March and what led to them.
We welcome the recent publication by the Armenian Human Rights
Ombudsman of his report into the pre and post-election developments,
and the invitation to international organisations to a roundtable
discussion of the report on 12 May. We encourage the Armenian
Authorities to facilitate wider discussion of the report in Yerevan,
and follow-up on the issues to be resolved as listed at the end of the
document. In this regard, the European Union supports the Ombudsman’s
recommendation for an independent inquiry into the events of 1 March.
The candidate countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia*, the countries of the Stabilisation and
Association Process and potential candidate countries Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, the European Free
Trade Association countries and members of the European Economic Area
Iceland and Norway, as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova
align themselves with this statement.
* Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to
be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process