Representatives of the Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia today had a meeting with head of the Light faction of the Council of Elders of Yerevan Davit Khazhakyan and member of the Council of Elders Ani Khachatryan who had had a meeting with Human Rights Defender Aram Tatoyan before the meeting.

As reported the Office of the Human Rights Defender, such a format of cooperation with members of the Council of Elders elected by the people’s vote and in constant touch with citizens will help raise the level of effectiveness of solutions to problems.

During the meeting, the parties discussed systemic issues addressed to the Human Rights Defender and related to the jurisdiction of Yerevan Municipality and the directions for joint actions to identify and solve those issues, including establishment of rules of cohabitation for maintenance of public order, problems with rehabilitation in buildings prone to accidents, issuance or rejection of construction permits by Yerevan Municipality, etc.

They also reached an agreement on expansion of active cooperation that will help raise the level of effectiveness of human rights protection.