THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE FACT-FINDING GROUP

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
30 Oct 08
Armenia

The Head of the Staff of the Human Rights Defender, Vahe Stepanyan,
has been nominated by the Ombudsman as member of the Fact-Finding
Experts Group.

"The choice of my representative in the fact-finding group was a
really serious problem for me. The thing is, if the political forces
can send their experts, the representative of the Human Rights Defender
must enjoy good reputation both in the legal sphere and the political
domain. And he must also be an honest person, accepted by all the
political parties. I chose the Head of the Staff of Human Rights
Defender, PhD of law, professor, and non-partisan Vahe Stepanyan,"
Armen Harutyunyan informed us yesterday.

We must inform you that Vahe Stepanyan used to hold the position of
the Minister of Justice during Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s years of power
(1990-1996).