Yesterday, on April 20, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia Ms.
Anahit Manasyan received the delegation headed by the Head of Transversal
Challenges and Multilateral Projects Task Force of the Directorate General of
Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, Mr. Tigran Karapetyan.
Congratulating Mrs. Manasyan on the occasion of assuming the
mission of the Human Rights Defender, the Head of the delegation, Mr. Tigran
Karapetyan expressed confidence that both the long-term deep, comprehensive and
effective cooperation with the institution of the Human Rights Defender, and
the previous effective cooperation with Ms. Manasyan in the framework of
various commitments, will contribute to guaranteeing the continuity of the
collaboration of the two institutions.
Ms. Anahit Manasyan thanked the members of the delegation for
the meeting, emphasizing that assuming the position of the Human Rights
Defender of Armenia is a great responsibility, and a mission aimed at
guaranteeing the realization of human rights and freedoms and establishing an
effective protection system.
In her speech, the Defender referred to the working visit she
made to Tegh community of Syunik province on April 14, 2023, the purpose of
which was to get acquainted with the situation on site, and to conduct
fact-finding activities.
The Defender underlined that as a direct result of the armed
conflict, the fundamental and inalienable rights of the residents of the
community, such as the rights to life, to physical and mental integrity,
education, freedom of movement, and property were violated.
The interlocutors referred to the two-phase “Human rights and
women in the armed forces in Armenia” project which is being implemented within
the framework of cooperation between the Human Rights Defender’s Office and the
Council of Europe, highly valuing the work that has been conducted that has
contributed to the protection and promotion of human rights in the armed
forces, as well as to the development of the capacities of the representatives
of Human Rights Defender’s Office.
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