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ARMENIA OBTAINS MEMBERSHIP IN EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF SOCIAL RIGHTS
ARKA News Agency
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, October 9. /ARKA/. Armenia has become a member of European
Committee of Social Rights for the first time.
Sociologist Lyudmila Harutyunyan, newly elected member of the
committee, told journalists on Tuesday that the organization keeps
its eye on how member countries fulfill their commitments.
She said the committee constitutes a CE mechanism for controlling
human rights protection.
Harutyunyans said the committee consists of 13 independent experts,
which use their knowledge and experience to control situation with
human rights protection in member countries.
She said that although Armenia had ratified 63 provisions of 63
articles of European Social Charter, it should understand how
important is "to put these easily-ratified provisions and articles
into practice".
"Social right embraces a wide range of issues - from poverty,
health, labor problems to the problem of providing pregnant women
and pensioners with proper living conditions", Harutyunyan said.
The new-elected member also said that her inauguration will take
place on September 15 at the Committee's regular session.
She added that no matters related to Armenia will be put on the
session's agenda, since the committee will embark on monitoring after
analyzing the report submitted by Armenia on the European charters'
and conventions' provisions implementation.
Members of European Committee of Social Rights are elected through
secret voting.
ARKA News Agency
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, October 9. /ARKA/. Armenia has become a member of European
Committee of Social Rights for the first time.
Sociologist Lyudmila Harutyunyan, newly elected member of the
committee, told journalists on Tuesday that the organization keeps
its eye on how member countries fulfill their commitments.
She said the committee constitutes a CE mechanism for controlling
human rights protection.
Harutyunyans said the committee consists of 13 independent experts,
which use their knowledge and experience to control situation with
human rights protection in member countries.
She said that although Armenia had ratified 63 provisions of 63
articles of European Social Charter, it should understand how
important is "to put these easily-ratified provisions and articles
into practice".
"Social right embraces a wide range of issues - from poverty,
health, labor problems to the problem of providing pregnant women
and pensioners with proper living conditions", Harutyunyan said.
The new-elected member also said that her inauguration will take
place on September 15 at the Committee's regular session.
She added that no matters related to Armenia will be put on the
session's agenda, since the committee will embark on monitoring after
analyzing the report submitted by Armenia on the European charters'
and conventions' provisions implementation.
Members of European Committee of Social Rights are elected through
secret voting.