  Ohanyan, Hammarberg discuss reforms to ensure human rights protection in army January 18, 2011 - 16:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 18, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Thomas Hammarberg to discuss human rights issues in the RA Armed Forces. Minister Ohanyan briefed Thomas Hammarberg on the reforms aimed at ensuring human rights protection in the army. The two men agreed that to enhance human rights protection in the army, measures should be taken to increase the level of legal education of servicemen and reduce the number of offences, the RA Defense Ministry’s press service reported.   Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering.   Partner news |  Latest news 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.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.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.Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |
