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    RA OMBUDSMAN CALLS ON CITIZENS WHO SUFFERED FROM URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS

    Noyan Tapan
    May 31 2006

    YEREVAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The decision of the RA Constitutional
    Court has provided the citizens, who lost their houses as a result
    of urban development programs in downtown Yerevan, with a new legal
    opportunity to protect their rights. The RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian
    stated this during the May 31 press conference dedicated to the 100th
    day of his term of office. He reminded that citizens have received the
    right to appeal to court based on a newly discovered evidence until
    July 18. He believes that irrespective of court rulings, citizens will
    have document-based grounds to continue defending their rights in the
    European Court of Human Rights. A. Harutyunian said that he filed
    a petition to the RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, in which,
    taking into account the necessity to rule out further violations
    of citizens's rights and to restore their violated rights during
    implementation of urban development programs, he proposed suspending
    forced alienation of citizens' property for state needs (until a law
    regulating such proceses is adopted) and discussing the possibility
    of paying back the 10% income tax deducted from the sums calculated
    for owners and users by a compensation agreement. According to the RA
    Ombudsman, there are problems with unauthorized buildings, as a result
    of which the rights of other citizens are violated. The RA Ombudsman
    Staff has sent a certificate based on such cases to the mayor and is
    waiting for a response. Another certificate was filed to the Head of
    the RA Department for Compulsory Execution of Court Acts, taking into
    consideration a large number of complaints about execution of court
    acts. During the 3 first months of the ombudsman's term of office, the
    RA Ombudsman Staff's employees paid 15 visits to marzes. The ombudsman
    received 770 applications, but many complaints were not related to
    the activity of the RA Ombudsman. In the opinion of A. Harutyunian,
    the human rights sitiation is not satisfactory in Armenia, "there is
    much to be done". In response to a question, A. Harutyunian said that
    he has received an application from Chairman of the Heritage party,
    former Armenian foreign minister Raffi Harutyunian in connection with
    the illegal use of his office property. The RA Ombudsman noted that
    the case will be examined, after which R. Hovhannisian's application
    qualified as a "Report on Crime" will be sent to the prosecutor's
    office for investigation.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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