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Is the law enforcement agency (i.e. the police) effective? |
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80a:
In practice, appointments to the law enforcement agency (or agencies) are made according to professional criteria.
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Comments: Appointments to law agencies are ofhen based on protectionism, patronage and nepotism. There are cases of bribery also.
References: Interview with Stephan Danielyan, chairman of Collaboration for Democracy Union (August 8, 2007, at his office) Media reports
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80b:
In practice, the law enforcement agency (or agencies) has a budget sufficient to carry out its mandate.
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Comments:
References: Media reporting Interview with Stephan Danielyan, chairman of Collaboration for Democracy Union (August 8, 2007, at his office)
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80c:
In practice, the law enforcement agency is protected from political interference.
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Comments: The government and governing parties are negatively influenced on the work of police and other enforcement agencies. The Ministry of Defense is privileged as former Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkissyan gave a lot of privileges to military authorities. The situation continued when Serzh Sarkissyan became the minister of Defense. The military police and military prosecution office are closed systems.
References: Media reporting Interview with Stephan Danielyan, chairman of Collaboration for Democracy Union (August 8, 2007, at his office)
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| 81 |
Can law enforcement officials be held accountable for their actions? |
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81a:
In law, there is an independent mechanism for citizens to complain about police action.
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YES |
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Comments:
References: The Criminal Code and the Law on Ombudsman of the Republic of Armenia www.arlis.am
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81b:
In practice, the independent law enforcement complaint reporting mechanism responds to citizen's complaints within a reasonable time period.
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Comments: In practice, police agencies didn't respond to citizens within a reasonable time period.
References: Interview with Stephan Danielyan, chairman of Collaboration for Democracy Union (August 8, 2007, at his office) Media reports
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81c:
In law, there is an agency/entity to investigate and prosecute corruption committed by law enforcement officials.
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YES |
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Comments:
References: The Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia www.arlis.am
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81d:
In practice, when necessary, the agency/entity independently initiates investigations into allegations of corruption by law enforcement officials.
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Comments: There are few cases of investigations of corruption related to police officials. According to the recent survey of Transparency International, 98.7% of respondents consider the most corrupted state institution as the traffic police. (See 2006 Corruption Perception Armenia, Yerevan , 2007, p.16.)
References: Media reporting Interview with Stephan Danielyan, chairman of Collaboration for Democracy Union (August 8, 2007, at his office) 2006 Corruption Perception in Armenia, Yerevan, 2007, United Nations Development Programme Armenia, Transparency International Armenia
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81e:
In law, law enforcement officials are not immune from criminal proceedings.
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Comments:
References: The Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia www.arlis.am
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81f:
In practice, law enforcement officials are not immune from criminal proceedings.
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Comments: No law-eforcement authority has been punished in recent years, however, there are a lot of cases of violation of law by them.
References: Media reporting Interview with Stephan Danielyan, chairman of Collaboration for Democracy Union (August 8, 2007, at his office)
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