During the session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (47 member states) held on June 12, 2019, Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Arman Tatoyan was elected a member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Committee for the Prevention of Torture, CPT) representing Armenia, reports the Office of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia.

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) was established under the 1987 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and organizes visits to places of imprisonment in the member states of the Council of Europe.