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The HCA Vanadzor NGO inter alia aims to promote equality and nondiscriminatory approaches in the RA legislation and legal practice. In this field, the Organization took a number of actions promoting legislative reforms and conducted relevant awareness campaigns.

The RA Administrative Court currently examines the administrative case № VD/0624/05/15 upon application of Artur Harutyunyan against the RA Police on the request of third person, RA   Chamber of Advocates, to annul Para 9(е) of the RA Chief of Police Decree № 1-N of January 14, 2005. The RA Chief of Police Decree № 1-N of January 14, 2005 establishes the ‘procedure for Public Monitoring Group activities at the detention facilities of the RA Police system’. According to Para 9(е) of the procedure above, such group cannot have an advocate among its members.

Given the crucial importance of the subject matter of the discussion for the development of nondiscriminatory approaches in the RA legal practice, the HCA Vanadzor studied the compliance of the Para 9(е) of the ‘procedure for Public Monitoring Group activities at the detention facilities of the RA Police System’ approved by the RA Chief of Police Decree № 1-N of January 14, 2005 with the universal nondiscrimination principle in Article 14.1 of the RA Constitution and developed written comments that were submitted to the RA Administrative Court.

The written comments of the HCA Vanadzor NGO emphasize that the prohibition imposed on all persons entitled to practice advocacy appears as a disproportionate restriction of advocate’s right to engage in public activities and is thus a manifested discrimination against them.

Here find  the comments by the HCA Vanadzor.