Armenia HDR in Geneva details Covid, Karabakh war challenges

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Human Rights Defender Kristinne Grigoryan has presented the challenges and activities implemented by the Human Rights Defender’s Office during the Covid-19 pandemic and the 44-day war in 2020 at a meeting in Geneva.

Grigoryan on Monday, April 25 participated in the discussion "Security Sector Governance and the Reform - Ensuring Effective Security Sector Oversight”, organized by the Geneva Center for Security Sector Governance (DCAF).

The Ombudsperson detailed the constitutional mandate and the toolkit of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia to protect human rights in the armed forces.

The Defender presented the challenges and activities implemented by the Human Rights Defender’s Office during the Covid-19 pandemic and the 44-day war in 2020, especially the fact finding activities on war crimes of Azerbaijan, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment of Armenian prisoners of war and captives.

Highlighting the importance of close cooperation between the National Assembly and the Human Rights Defender elected by the National Assembly, the Defender presented concrete recommendations jointly with the National Assembly.

Reference was also made to the international experience related to the Military Ombudsman Institute.