The Use of Administrative Detention in the 2003 Armenian Presidential Election - Table of Content (Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, May 23, 2003)

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The Use of Administrative Detention in the 2003 Armenian Presidential Election
Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper
May 23, 2003

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Administrative Arrest and Detention in Theory and Practice

The legal and procedural framework
Departures from the framework in practice
Growing political use of administrative detention since the mid-1990s
The 2003 presidential election

Abuse of Administrative Arrest in the 2003 Presidential Election

The opposition demonstrations of February to April 2003
Rendering opposition rallies illegal

A "threat to state order"

"Unauthorized" rallies and marches

Arrests of rally participants in lieu of leaders

Rally-goers characterized as anti-social, criminal hooligans

The campaign of arrests

February 21-27: the first wave of arrests
March 1-17: conditional releases, continuing pressure
March 18-22: the second wave of arrests
April 7-9: around the presidential inauguration

Due process violations in administrative offenses proceedings

Incommunicado preliminary detention
Flawed court hearings
Barriers to appeal

Challenges from authoritative bodies to the abuse of administrative detention

The Code of Administrative Offenses and Armenia's international human rights commitments
Challenges and justifications from Armenian higher judicial authorities

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