 Armenian bill on discrimination sent to Venice Commission May 17, 2013 - 18:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage party’s parliamentary group held a discussion of a bill on “Discrimination”, drafted by Human Rights Defender’s Office. Heritage party’s parliamentary group leader Ruben Hakobyan, secretary Zaruhi Postanjyan, party’s expert Voskehat Isakhanyan and representatives of RA Ombudsman’s office attended the discussion Civil society representatives shared their concerns and offers regarding the draft law, with the employees of Armenia’s Human Rights Defender’s Office noting that the bill was already sent to Venice Commission. The parliament group leader expressed the party’s readiness to organize expanded discussions on the issue.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
