Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06YEREVAN850
2006-06-23 11:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Yerevan
Cable title:
ARMENIA: UN OPTIONAL ANTI-TORTURE CONVENTION
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UNCLAS YEREVAN 000850
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DRL AND EUR/CARC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM AM
SUBJECT: ARMENIA: UN OPTIONAL ANTI-TORTURE CONVENTION
COMES INTO FORCE
UNCLAS YEREVAN 000850
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DRL AND EUR/CARC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM AM
SUBJECT: ARMENIA: UN OPTIONAL ANTI-TORTURE CONVENTION
COMES INTO FORCE
¶1. The United Nations Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment came into force June
22 in Armenia. The Parliament unanimously ratified the
Protocol on May 31. The Protocol, which the UN General
Assembly adopted in December 2002, calls for the
establishment of independent national mechanism(s) for
the prevention of torture at the domestic level within
one year of enforcement. According to Zhenya
Petrosyan, the assistant to Armenia's human rights
ombudsman, the GOAM has not decided yet which agency
will be tasked to carry out the protocol's
requirements.
EVANS