SITUATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMENIA MUCH BETTER THAN IN OTHER CIS MEMBER-STATES AND IN REGION IN GENERAL

ArmInfo
2010-04-06 15:20:00

ArmInfo. The situation with human rights in Armenia is much better
than in other CIS member-states and in the region in general, said
Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights defender, recipient of the 2003
Nobel Peace Prize.

For her part, International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)
President Souyer Belassen said that Armenia has made certain progress
in the human rights sphere. Therefore, the FIDH organized the Forum
just in Armenia. Nevertheless, Souyer Belassen said that the justice
sector still needs independence. She said that FIDH is well aware how
difficult is to change the general system in Armenia and tries to focus
on specific problems during the Forum. In particular, she outlined the
problem of political prisoners and the death of 10 people on March 1
2008. FIDH is going to closely cooperate with the Armenian authorities
in this sphere, otherwise no real progress will be made, she said.

The forum, entitled "JUSTICE : New Challenges – the Right to
an Effective Remedy before an Independent Tribunal" is held in
Yerevan from 6th to 8th April. This forum, organized in partnership
with the Civil Society Institute (CSI), FIDH member organization
in Armenia, within the framework of the 37th FIDH Congress, will
indeed constitute an opportunity to work on the different remedies
available to victims of human rights violations in the course of
their struggle for truth, justice and reparations on a national,
regional and international level, and to look into the issue of the
prevention of international crimes, on the basis of the exchange of
experiences between participating NGOs from every continent.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress