RA OMBUDSMAN IN MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

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08:50 pm | October 06, 2009 | Politics

RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan was elected as member of the management
council of the European Ombudsman Institute during the institute’s
annual conference held in the Italian city of Florence.

Participating in the elections were representatives from over 60
countries, including Ombudsman of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and
member of the institute Yuri Hayrapetyan.

During elections voters take into account the candidates’ regions,
as well as the nature of their activities on the national, local
and regional levels. The management council members are elected for
two years.

The European Ombudsman Institute was founded in 1988 in Austria. Among
issues of concern are research in human rights defense, defense of
civil liberties, support for Ombudsman institutes and assistance in
research. The Ombudsmen of all European countries are members of the
mentioned organization, as reported by the department of information
and public relations of the RA Ombudsman’s office.