The Office of the Human Rights Defender in Armenia has issued a statement specifying three necessary conditions for it to join a working group tasked with looking into the deaths of Armenian service personnel while on active duty.

The working group would be attached to the RA Military Prosecutor’s Office.

The conditions set forth by the Human Rights Defender are:

1. The working group would have access to all criminal cases as of January 1, 2001 that resulted in a judicial decision.
2. The working group would define its structure and agenda.
3. Consequences of the findings and decisions of the working group must be defined, as well as the extent to which proposals made experts of civic organizations will be taken into account.