This report presents results of monitoring conducted by the Group of Public Monitors (Group) Implementing Supervision over the Criminal-Executive Institutions (CEI) and Bodies of the Ministry of Justice (MoD) of Republic of Armenia (RA).
Facts of 2020 recorded in the report are presented and analyzed in the context of domestic legal norms, international standards and the RA international obligations.
Observation results, common issues (described separately), the actions taken by the Group to tackle the issue, the letters addressed by the Group to the RA competent bodies regarding the issues and responses from those bodies, as well as the Group’s assessments are also presented.
The report also includes official data regarding death cases, suicides, suicide attempts, self-harm and hunger strike cases, as well as penalties and special measures applied in CEIs.
Last section of the report is “Recommendations”, which includes recommendations for solving the recorded issues; the recommendations are aimed at elimination of flaws and shortcomings of law-making and law enforcement practice and reforming the general sphere.
Observing the principle of confidentiality of personal data, the Group presents the content of the Group’s letters addressed to the RA competent bodies regarding certain convicts and/or arrestees without publishing information that could help identify those persons, and instead, uses only the inititials. The only exceptions are cases with high political resonance that were widely covered by mass media.
Attached is the annual report of the Prison Monitoring Group of 2019.
The report presents the activities of the Group of Public Monitors Implementing Supervision over the Penitentiary Institutions and Bodies of the Ministry of Justice of RA. It summarizes the results of the monitoring of the overall situation of penitentiaries during 2019 and includes spheres, such as conditions of prisons, medical care, food, analysis of death and self-harm cases, opportunities of rehabilitation, contact with the outside world, situation of vulnerable prisoners (women, juveniles, LGBT people)etc. The aim of the report is to identify the shortcomings and problems in the field and submit recommendations for improvement.
The annual report of the Group of Public Monitors Implementing Supervision over the Penitentiary Institutions and Bodies of the Ministry of Justice of RA incorporates the recorded problems raised in the outcomes of the monitoring conducted in the penitentiary institutions and bodies under the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Justice.
The annual report of the Group of Public Monitors Implementing Supervision over the Penitentiary Institutions and Bodies of the Ministry of Justice of RA incorporates the recorded problems raised in the outcomes of the monitoring conducted in the penitentiary institutions and bodies under the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Justice.
The current report incorporates the findings of the monitorina carried out by the Group of Public Observers Conducting Public Monitoring in Penitentiary Institutions and Bodies of theRepublic of Armenia Ministry of Justice.