YEREVAN. – Armenian Human Rights Defender’s office will be allowed to open an off-budget account for 2012-2013. The issue is included in the agenda of the government seating on Thursday.

€278.1 thousand donated by OSCE Yerevan Office will be transferred to the off-budget account. With the donation the Human Rights office will open 6 regional offices and a hot line. The aim of the initiative is to ensure the protection of people’s electoral rights during the upcoming parliamentary elections on May 6, 2012 and the Presidential elections in 2013.