According to official facts, 36 people died in the Armenian Army in 2011, but according to Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (HCA) office in Vanadzor, 39 people died during peaceful conditions in the Armenian Army in 2011.

Armenia’s Helsinki Committee presented these facts in the report of 2011 on a meeting with reporters on Friday.

It is stated in the report that those death incidents happened due to non-statutory relations, lack of discipline and officer anarchy in the army.

In order to change this situation Armenia’s Helsinki Committee is coming up with four offers:

1. To include courses of human rights, conflictology and interpersonal relations in the curriculum of the Military Academy.

2. To conduct an objective investigation on each death or bad treatment case in the Armenian army.

3. To create a secret appeal mechanism in the Armed Forces.

4. To assign civilian control over the army.