PROSECUTOR GENERAL OF ARMENIA RECEIVES DELEGATION OF CE COMMITTEE FOR PREVENTION OF TORTURE
ArmInfo
2010-05-20 10:43:00
ArmInfo. Prosecutor General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan met the
delegation of CE Committee for Prevention of Torture headed by its
President Mauro Palma. The parties discussed issues of fight against
violence with respect to witnesses detained on criminal cases by the
law machinery, press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office told
ArmInfo. In particular, Hovsepyan said that the punitive policy in this
sphere contributes to efficiency of struggle using investigation-alien
methods.
A. Hovsepyan said he has already instructed the territorial
subdivisions of the Prosecutor’s Office to periodically study the
journals of criminal-executive establishments which reflect data
about the results of examination of the suspected persons and detected
injuries. At request of the delegates, the primary activities of the
Special Investigation Service, guarantees of its independence and
the legislative tasks, mechanisms of prosecutor’s supervision over
the course of checkup of complaints on use of investigation-alien
methods, were presented. A. Hovsepyan also informed the guests of
the circumstances of death of Levon Ghulyan, Vahan Khalafyan, Gagik
Ghazaryan and Hamlet Stepanyan in the police departments, as well
as of the course of investigation of criminal cases launched on the
facts of their death.