The Ministry of Justice has presented for public discussion the Law “On the Fact-Finding Committee” and the package of related laws.

The drafts define the cases of mass and periodic human rights violations in the Republic of Armenia during 1991-2018, the scope of activities of the fact-finding commission in the Republic of Armenia, the scope of competence, powers, other relations related to the requirements of the members and activities.

Today, on 27 May, Minister Rustam Badasyan presented new details in the National Assembly.

From September 1991 to May 2018, mass violations of human rights took place in the Republic of Armenia, combined with the stable presence of systemic and political corruption in the country, as highlighted in a number of international reports. It is mentioned in the justification of the draft.

The political changes that took place in the Republic of Armenia in 2018 were the result of a sense of injustice in the society as a result of these events, which can be overcome only by gathering information on human rights violations, violating the victims’ rights, restoring them, assessing the past and making institutional reforms, aimed to exclude the recurrence of such incidents in the situation.

Accordingly, Judicial and Legal Reform Strategy approved on the 10 October, 2019, vested the need to apply transitional justice instruments. Such a common tool is the Fact-Finding Commission, accepted in international practice as the truth, and in some cases, the Reconciliation Commission.

The main tasks of the commissions are:

– Finding and clarification of facts,

– Protection, recognition, restoration of victims’ rights,

– Implementation of positive socio-political changes.

Details in the video