1. Armen Shurayi Harutyunyan is the former ombudsman of Armenia and Regional Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Central Asia.
10 Facts About Armen Harutyunyan
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Armen Harutyunyan is the author of more than 70 scientific works.
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Armen Harutyunyan holds law degrees from Yerevan State University, the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of USSR and the Academy of Public Administration of the Russian Federation.
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From 1989 till now Armen Harutyunyan has been lecturing at the Law Department of Yerevan State University.
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From 2002 to present, Armen Harutyunyan was the Deputy Representative of Armenia in the European Commission for Democracy through Law Representative from Armenia is Gagik Harutyunyan.
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Armen Harutyunyan is a member of the Europe in Law Association.
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Armen Harutyunyan was the first elected holder of the post in accordance with 83.1 article of Constitution, succeeding Larisa Alaverdyan who had been appointed to the office by presidential decree in 2004.
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On 7 July 2008, Armen Harutyunyan asked the National Security Service to assign armed bodyguards to him and members of his family.
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Armen Harutyunyan was succeeded as ombudsman by Karen Andreasyan, who was elected by the National Assembly in March 2011.
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In 2008, Armen Harutyunyan joined the Association of French-Speaking Ombudsmen and Mediators.