On
October 20, the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Anahit
Manasyan received the judge to the California Superior Court, member of the
Armenian Bar Association of America Armenuhi Amy Ashvanian.
Welcoming
the guest, the Defender presented the issues related to the protection of the
rights of people forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh due to the
Azerbaijani aggression.
In
this context, Anahit Manasyan referred to the fact-finding activities conducted
both by her personally and by the staff of the Defender’s office, during which
information about deaths, tortures, disrespect of bodies, mutilations and
ill-treatment of civilians and other cases prohibited by international law as a
result of Azerbaijani aggression was received.
The
information mentioned above was included in the ad hoc report of the Human
Rights Defender, which along with the confidential section proving the
authenticity of the information was the first to be presented by the Defender
to international organizations and actors with a mandate to protect human
rights, including the International Court of Justice of the United Nations, as
a meticulous record delineating the cases of human rights violations.
Anahit
Manasyan also referred to the issues of human rights protection caused by the
border security of the Republic of Armenia, finding the presence of the
Azerbaijani armed forces in the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia
quite concerning from the perspective of the protection and guarantee of human
rights.
Issues
related to the further deepening and expansion of cooperation between the Human
Rights Defender’s office and the Armenian Bar Association were touched upon.
In
her turn, Armenuhi A. Ashvanian expressed gratitude for the warm reception,
underscoring the role of the Human Rights Defender’s institution in the
implementation of the high mission of human rights protection.
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