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MOST BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE DISABLED - OMBUDSMAN
Tert.am
30.03.12
The Human Rights Defender's Office has published a new report on the
2011 developments in the urban development sector.
In the chapter identifying the shortcoming and problems observed at the
Ministry of Urban Developments last year, Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan
notes that most buildings under construction ensure no access for
individuals with disabilities. He also voices concern that different
organizations licensed by the Ministry issued different conclusions
on the emergency level of the same building.
The full text of the report is below.
Shortcomings and problems identified
The Ministry has not carried out a proper control over the assurance
of project documents' compliance with the urban development norms.
Most of the buildings under construction are not accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
Proper supervision has not been carried out towards the community
leaders' obligations to prevent and suspend arbitrary constructions,
and eliminate the consequences.
Different organizations licensed by the Ministry gave different
conclusions to citizens on the level of emergency of the same building.
There are profound complaints concerning the process of re-registration
in the lists providing special housing in the disaster zone areas.
The RA Law "About Control and Supervision of Urban Planning
Activities," as well as a law "About Architecture" have not been
adopted.
Positive developments
A number of law drafts and by-laws were introduced to the RA Government
by the initiative of the Ministry, which aim at definition of the
joint requirements and standards and urban planning activities
carried out by RA communities in territories subject to specific
regulations, at optimizing the functions of construction documents
coordination, reductions of terms of their implementation, increasing
the effectiveness of fighting against arbitrary construction, reduction
of the terms of documentation procedures of exploitation of a completed
construction, etc.
Tert.am
30.03.12
The Human Rights Defender's Office has published a new report on the
2011 developments in the urban development sector.
In the chapter identifying the shortcoming and problems observed at the
Ministry of Urban Developments last year, Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan
notes that most buildings under construction ensure no access for
individuals with disabilities. He also voices concern that different
organizations licensed by the Ministry issued different conclusions
on the emergency level of the same building.
The full text of the report is below.
Shortcomings and problems identified
The Ministry has not carried out a proper control over the assurance
of project documents' compliance with the urban development norms.
Most of the buildings under construction are not accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
Proper supervision has not been carried out towards the community
leaders' obligations to prevent and suspend arbitrary constructions,
and eliminate the consequences.
Different organizations licensed by the Ministry gave different
conclusions to citizens on the level of emergency of the same building.
There are profound complaints concerning the process of re-registration
in the lists providing special housing in the disaster zone areas.
The RA Law "About Control and Supervision of Urban Planning
Activities," as well as a law "About Architecture" have not been
adopted.
Positive developments
A number of law drafts and by-laws were introduced to the RA Government
by the initiative of the Ministry, which aim at definition of the
joint requirements and standards and urban planning activities
carried out by RA communities in territories subject to specific
regulations, at optimizing the functions of construction documents
coordination, reductions of terms of their implementation, increasing
the effectiveness of fighting against arbitrary construction, reduction
of the terms of documentation procedures of exploitation of a completed
construction, etc.