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At a special session of November 29, 2016, the RA NA passed at the first reading the RA Draft Law on Human Rights Defender.

HCA Vanadzor presented its assessment of the Draft Law stating that the RA Draft Law on Human Rights Defender:

– creates a monopoly position for the Human Rights Defender’s institute in the field of human rights protection;

– restricts the effective and cooperative involvement of the civil society, NGOs and experts in the national human rights mechanism;

– takes a discriminatory and differentiated approach to the commitments under the international human rights conventions ratified by RA;

– threatens the development of the national human rights mechanisms.

For details see HERE