Ombudsman of Armenia applies to Constitutional Court 

ArmInfo. Armenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan has applied to the Constitutional Court of Armenia to consider the compliance of administrative detentions with the requirements of the Armenian Constitution.       

The press office of the Ombudsman's Office has told ArmInfo that the  urgency of the problems mentioned in the statement is mostly  explained by the permanent violation of human rights in the course of  legal practices. 

"For instance, during the incident of the seizure of a police  compound in Yerevan, some cases of police's violation of human rights  were registered. The cases mostly concerned the police's reluctance  to immediately inform the detainees of the detention reasons, the  police's attempts to prevent attorneys from entering the police  station, etc. That being said, the Ombudsman's statement stressed the  need for comprehensive regulation of the institutions of  administrative detentions and the need to satisfy the minimum  requirements of human rights," the Office says. 

The Ombudsman's statement points out the need to ensure immediate  notification of the detention reasons and notification of the  detention, to ensure the right to have an attorney and the right to  undergo medical examination, as well as the right to dispute the  decision on detention.