In 2025, 900 complaints  were received from conscripts, with 86%  related to health rights - Ombudsman`s Office

ArmInfo. In 2025 alone, the Ombudsman's Office of Armenia registered approximately 900 complaints from conscripts and their families. 86% of these issues (744 complaints) related to  the right to health, necessary examinations and testing, as stated by Albert Danielyan, Chief Specialist of the Department for the Protection of the Rights of Military Personnel and Their Families of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia, at a press  conference in Yerevan titled "Human Rights in Closed Institutions: The Right to Health Protection in the Army and the Penitentiary System." 

According to him, the main issue is the absence of regulations   establishing a maximum number of examinations permitted by the  Central Medical Commission per day. This lack poses serious risks to  both the quality of  examinations and  the health of conscripts.  Furthermore, he added, the current regulations prevent conscripts  from consulting doctors they trust, which could improve the quality  of the examinations.

Nazeli Movsesyan, a human rights activist at the Vanadzor office of  the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly, noted that they receive numerous  complaints from conscripts regarding insufficient health assessments  and inadequate testing. Furthermore, she noted, they encounter cases  where service members who have received several deferments due to  health issues are declared fit for military service during their  subsequent conscription, despite no changes in their health.

She believes this is due to omissions in the medical examinations of  conscripts. Movsesyan reported that in 2025, 75 conscripts contacted  the organization during the winter and summer drafts, more than 80%  of whom raised health-related issues. The human rights activist  explained that conscripts most often seek to clarify the rationale  for the General Commission's decision regarding them.

When discussing how this issue can be addressed, Movsenyan noted  that, first and foremost, the life of a service member in Armenia  should be considered the highest value. "That is, the right to health  and life of a service member must be paramount," the human rights  activist concluded.

Earlier,  ArmInfo  reported that, on March 24, representatives of the  Armenian Ombudsman, at the request of Human Rights Defender Anahit  Manasyan, made an unannounced rapid response visit to the Yerevan  Garrison Hospital of the Ministry of Defense in response to a  complaint from the family of a service member. According to the  Armenian Ombudsman's Office, the call was regarding the soldier's  health, the provision of medical care, and the protection of his  rights.