The Human Rights Defender
of Armenia Mr. Arman Tatoyan held a meeting with the Representative of UNICEF
Armenia Ms. Christine Weigand.
Mr. Arman Tatoyan
congratulated Ms. Christine Weigand on assuming the mission, highly valuing the
active cooperation with UNICEF in the field of protection of children's rights.
During the meeting the
status of the protection of the rights of children in border communities (and
communities which became borderline after the war) was discussed, and in
particular the issues related to the realization of the right to education.
Mr. Arman Tatoyan
presented the violations of the rights of children, specifically their right to
education as a direct result of the unlawful deployment of Azerbaijani border
and customs control on the Goris-Kapan road. The Defender noted that in certain
segments of Syunik province, Azerbaijani servicemen are deployed in the
immediate vicinity of schools, which is an unacceptable situation, and
contradicts international standards of protection of children’s rights.
A specific reference was
made to the implementation of children's rights in the child care and protection
institutions in case of their return to the family from the institutions.
The importance of future
cooperation between the two institutions in the field of the protection of
children’s rights was highlighted, including the preparation of the public “Ad-Hoc
Report on the State of Fulfillment of the Obligations of the Republic of
Armenia under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Additional
Protocols”.
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