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On February 23, the National Assembly elected Deputy Justice Minister Arman Tatoyan as the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia, with 96 deputies giving him their vote of confidence, while 7 voted against his appointment.
After the vote, Armenia’s 4th Human Rights Defender swore allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the country and swore to defend human and citizen's rights, and the principles of justice.
Arman Tatoyan was nominated by the Republican Party and described as “a serious, practical, honest, and apolitical young man.”
During parliamentary discussions, Tatoyan himself has stated that the Ombudsman’s office should be consistent, viewed not as an entity alienated from the state and therefore predetermined to fight the state, but an integral part of the system, which being above any departmental interests, is tasked to contribute to the strengthening of human rights in the country.
The Ombudsman’s position has been vacant since January 18, when Karen Andreasyan repeated his initial resignation submitted on January 12. According to the law, the Human Rights Defender’s powers are suspended, if within 10 days of the first submission, the Ombudsman in office reiterates the resignation.
Arman Tatoyan was born in December 18, 1981 in Yerevan. He graduated from the Law Faculty of the Yerevan State University (YSU) in 2004. He received his postgraduate degree from from the department of criminal justice and criminology of the same university in 2007. In 2013, Arman Tatoyan graduated from the Pennsylvania University School of Law with an Honorary Master's Degree. Since November of 2013 Tatoyan has been serving as Deputy Minister of Justice.
Also since 2013, Arman Tatoyan is the Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of Armenia to the European Court of Human Rights, international adviser to the European Council project.
Arman Tatoyan is an associate professor of the Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics Department of YSU. He also teaches at the American University of Armenia and the RA Academy of Justice.
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