Tuesday, March 26 2019 12:57

ArmInfo. Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia Hayk Grigoryan received head of the Directorate for Human Rights and the Rule of Law  of the Council of Europe Christophe Poirel.

Greeting the guest, Grigoryan stressed the intensive and effective  cooperation with the Yerevan office of the Council of Europe.

The Chairman of the Investigative Committee thanked the guests for  the programs they jointly implemented in the past and expressed  readiness to deepen ties and continue the programs with a new  dimension.

Grigoryan presented a number of programs designed to improve the  effectiveness of the preliminary investigation, the implementation of  which is in process.

Christophe Poirel welcomed the programs presented by Grigoryan and  expressed unconditional support in the process of their  implementation.

During the meeting, the head of the Directorate asked the chairman of  the Investigation Committee about the problems associated with the  use of arrest as a preventive measure.

In his turn, Grigoryan presented statistics for the last two years on  the use of arrest as a preventive measure.  According to these data,  the number of those arrested has decreased from year to year.

Grigoryan, in the presence of colleagues, also stressed the position  of the political leadership that the task of law enforcement officers  is not to arrest people and fill prisons.

<The statement of the Prime Minister of Armenia that our goal is not  to fill prison with people, the best evidence that not only law  enforcement authorities, but also the RA authorities attach  importance to personal dignity and arrest, as a preventive measure is  used only if there are sufficient grounds " Grigoryan added.

At the end of the meeting, Christophe Poirel reiterated his readiness  to assist the programs being implemented, praising the Investigative  Committee's policy of investigating criminal cases and the steps  taken to effectively organize them.