November 15, Armenian President Robert Kocharian signed the decree on the appointment of the Human Rights Advocate approved by the parliament of the country. In accordance with the law, an Armenian citizen no younger than 35 years old and possessing high prestige in the society, can become the ombudsman. The first ombudsman will be appointed by the president, however, after the adoption of the first draft of the constitutional amendments, the authorities of the ombudsman will be over and the next one will be elected by deputies. The ombudsman will possess no right to interfere in the court examination process, but will however enabled to make proposes for the just consideration of the case within the frames of the European standards on Human Rights.