Armenian Bar Association: Only 40% of Ombudsman Strategy actions  fully implemented

ArmInfo. According to  monitoring results, only 40% of the planned actions in the Armenian Ombudsman  Strategy have been fully implemented.

As ArmInfo was informed by the press service of the Armenian Bar  Association, particularly, out of the 60 activities envisaged by the  strategy, 24 have been successfully implemented, 26  partially  implemented, and 10 remain unimplemented. Deputy Minister of Justice  Anna Karapetyan stated that the development of a new strategy is  planned for early 2026. "We will use the second half of this year to  evaluate and re-evaluate the activities," Karapetyan said. In turn,  Julietta Arustamyan, Chairperson of the Board of the  NGO Network for  Protection of  Rights of Forcibly Displaced People from Artsakh, and  Executive Director of the Harmony NGO from Shushi, expressed hope  that discussions will also lead to solutions for urgent issues of  Armenians from Artsakh.

According to the source, the association in collaboration with the  CSO Network for  Protection of Rights of Forcibly Displaced People  from Artsakh, monitored the implementation of actions planned for  2023-2024 under the national strategy for  human rights protection  for 2023-2025.

As a result of public monitoring, a draft report was prepared and   sent to all government agencies and other interested structures to  receive suggestions and comments on the draft. After summarizing the  suggestions and comments received, the final version of the report  was developed.