Situation with Armenian citizens’ constitutional rights improvingOctober 22, 2010 - 17:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Serious progress in constitutional defense of human rights was observed in Armenia, despite Armenian citizens’ being deprived of the right to address the Constitutional Court of Armenia until the year 2006, according to CCA chairman Gagik Harutyunyan. As he stated at Yerevan-hosted 15th international conference on constitutional right, conference participates aim to find effective solutions enabling deference of human rights through constitutional justice. Harutyunyan characterized the situation with Armenian citizens’ constitutional rights as steadily improving. “However, in practice, we have a number of unresolved issues, which is proved by the verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights,” CC chairman told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |