Trust to the state comes with protection of its citizens’ rights
06.06.2009 15:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today a seminar devoted to cooperation between
Ombudsman office in Armenia, media and civil society kicked off in
Aghveran. The seminar is organized by the Yerevan Press club jointly
with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
The report of Grigory Grogoryan, head of public relation and
information department of the Ombudsman office in Armenia, was devoted
to cooperation between Ombudsman office and media in Armenia. The
reporter, particularly mentioned, that there is some distrust between
the society and state bodies.
Answering the question of a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, which particular
steps are undertaken by the Ombudsman Office in Armenia to raise the
level of public trust to the institute of Commissioner for Human
Rights, Mr.Grigoryan said, that all activities of their office is
aimed at restoring and strengthening that trust. According to him,
trust to the state comes with protection of its citizens’ rights.
Head of Helsinki Committee of Armenia Avetik Ishkhanyan presented a
report `Human Rights situation in Armenia. The look from civil
society’.