THE RUSSIAN LAWYER SUGGESTS ESTABLISHING IN RNK AN INSTITUTE AUTHORIZED FOR HUMAN RIGHTSJuly 11, 2000 - 20:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 11.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The vice-president of the Congress of national associations of Russia, the member of the Expert Council at the Human rights commissioner in RF, lawyer and public figure Antuan Arakelian was in RNK for a business visit.As the correspondent of MEDIAMAX in RNK reports, Arakelian declared at the press conference in Stepanakert that certain limitations of freedom of speech are natural in wartime and are stipulated by the formed situation. At the same time he noted that clear determination of these limitations with regard for the principles of the Universal declaration of human rights, as well as the mechanisms of effective control by public and legal organizations are necessary. Touching upon the problems of the search and exchange of the war captives and hostages, A. Arakelian, who had once been kidnapped by Chechen militaries and had escaped later, spoke for the necessity of close cooperation of all the regional legal organizations in this humanitarian sphere. In his opinion, the establishing of an institute authorized for human rights in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh would settle all these problems effectively. -0- Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |