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On December 14, 2015, the RA Administrative Court, presided by judge A. Tovmasyan, held a preliminary court hearing on HCA Vanadzor v RA Prosecutor General’s Office within the examination of the claim on obliging the Prosecutor General’s Office to provide the information requested by the Organization’s inquiry of July 16, 2015 on the procedural decrees issued by the RA Special Investigation Service in 2013-2014 following the investigation of the crimes under Article 119, Article 309(2) and (3) and Article 341 of the RA Criminal Code.

The court hearing was attended only by HCA Vanadzor representative Tatevik Siradeghyan. While the RA Prosecutor General’s Office was duly notified of the date and time of the court hearing, it failed to ensure the presence of its representative.

By Court’s ruling, the hearing was held in the absence of the defendant. While presenting the subject matter (rationae materiae) and grounds of the appeal, T. Siradeghyan stated that by its claim HCA Vanadzor required that the RA Prosecutor General’s Office was obliged to provide the Organization with the information requested in its inquiry of July 16, 2015.

While presenting the grounds of the claim, T. Siradeghyan noted that the RA Prosecutor General’s Office had never responded to the information inquiries, despite possessing the information in the sense of the RA Law on Freedom of Information and therefore being obliged to provide it upon request.

Hence, presiding judge A. Tovmasyan declared the case ready for the trial. As for the following court hearing, he would provide the parties to the trial with further information.