Earlier today, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with visiting, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg. DM Ohanyan presented Mr. Hammarberg with a list of the reforms being implemented in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia aimed at improving the mechanisms of human rights protection. Ohanyan and Hammarberg agreed that to reinforce the defense of human rights in the Armed Forces it is necessary to intensify the struggle against criminal violations and to hold those guilty accountable before the law.