ArmInfo.Disciplinary measures currently being applied to judges in Armenia are ineffective. This was announced on February 25 at a parliamentary hearing on amendments to the country's Criminal Code, Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan said.
According to him, the procedure for bringing judges to disciplinary liability is imperfect. In particular, in accordance with regulations, judges can not appeal the decisions of the Supreme Judicial Council on bringing them to justice, which is a violation of the rights of judges. The issue of the constitutional right of citizens to a reasonable time for consideration of cases in the country's courts remains a problem. Some of these cases last for years, which violates the requirements of the country's Basic Law. In some cases, consideration lasts 8 years or more, and they don't see the end. Often, court cases are reviewed every 4-6 months, which, according to the Ombudsman, is unacceptable. Only in the courts of Yerevan are 155 criminal and 1628 civil cases, most of which have been in circulation for 2 or more years. 7 judges are responsible for 1122 cases, which is evidence of the workload of the courts.
As the Ombudsman noted, these and other issues must be provided for in the new edition of the Criminal Code in order to avoid possible constitutional misunderstandings. In turn, the commission on constitutional amendments should take this fact into account and take it into account when developing a new version of the country's Basic Law.