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From 11 to 12 of March in Congress hotel will take place seminar with the topic “Combating ill-treatment and impunity” which is organized by the Council of Europe and the Association of Judges of the RA. For more information please, see the programme.

Combating ill-treatment and impunity
Council of Europe/European Union Joint Programme
Seminar
Conformity of investigation
of allegations of ill-treatment with European standards
Organisers Council of Europe and Association of Judges of the RA
PROGRAMME

March  11

09:00-9:30 Registration of participants, distribution of materials        
09:30–09:45 Opening of the seminar and welcoming remarks
09:45–10:30 Presentation by international expert
Investigation of ill-treatment:
• origins and legal nature of the obligation to investigate;
• purposes of investigation;
• grounds for initiating investigation
• forms of investigation of ill-treatment.
10:30-10:45 Follow-up discussion: questions & answers
10:45-11:30 Presentation by international expert
Safeguards against ill-treatment and their importance for its investigation:
 notification of detention
 access to a lawyer
 access to a doctor/forensic doctors
 notification of rights
11:30-11:45 Follow-up discussion: questions & answers
11:45-12:00 Coffee break 
12:00-12:45 Presentation by international expert
Other arrangements countering ill-treatment and their importance for its investigation:
• custody records
• duties of prosecutors and courts at the initial stages of detention
• obligation to report ill-treatment
• role of the prison health care services
• other opportunities for communication of allegations  
12:45-13:00 Follow-up discussion: questions & answers
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Presentation by international expert
Criteria of effectiveness of investigation of ill-treatment:
 Independence and impartiality
 Adequacy of competence
 Thoroughness
 Promptness 
 Victim involvement and public scrutiny
14:45-15:00 Follow-up discussion: questions & answers
15:00-15:45 Presentation by national expert, President of the Criminal Chamber of the Cassation Court of the Republic of Armenia, Lawyer emeritus, doctor of law, professor Davit AVETISYAN
”Legislation of the Republic of Armenia on Ill-treatment and the case-law decisions of the Cassation Court of the RA”
15:45-16:00 Follow-up discussion: questions & answers
16:00-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:00 Presentation by national expert, Chief assistant of the President of the Criminal Chamber of the Cassation Court of the Republic of Armenia, YSU PhD student.
”Legislation of the Republic of Armenia on Ill-treatment and the case-law decisions of the Cassation Court of the RA”
17:00-17:30 Follow-up discussion: questions & answers; general remarks by the participants
17:30 Conclusion of the first day of seminar

March 12

10:00-10:30 Presentation by international expert
Practical examples of implementation of the criteria for effectiveness of investigation of ill-treatment: and best practices in the CoE member-states.
10:30-10:45 Follow-up discussion: questions & answers
10:45-11:15 Presentation continued by international expert
Practical examples of implementation of the criteria for effectiveness of investigation of ill-treatment: and best practices in the CoE member-states. Overview of the relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights
11:15-11:45 Follow-up discussion: questions & answers
11:45-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-12:45 Presentation by national expert, President of the Criminal Chamber of the Cassation Court of the Republic of Armenia, Lawyer emeritus, doctor of law, professor Davit AVETISYAN
“The judicial practice of the RA courts on ill-treatment”
12:45-13:00 Follow-up discussion: questions & answers
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Open discussion and comments/suggestions/proposals by the participants as regards their experience of investigation of ill-treatment complaints
15:00 Conclusion of the seminar