Friday, January 5 2024 16:42

ArmInfo. Human Rights  Defender of Armenia Anahit Manasyan received former Vice-President of  the European Court of Human Rights Francoise, Baroness Tulkens and  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of  Belgium to Armenia Eric DE Muynck.

As the Defender's  Office reports, Anahit Manasyan presented the  guests with issues related to the protection of the rights of persons  forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh. The Defender referred to  the fact-finding activities carried out by her personally and by the  Office, during which information was obtained about the deaths,  tortures, disrespect of bodies, mutilations and ill-treatment of  civilians, as well as about other cases prohibited by international  law, recorded as a result of Azerbaijani aggression.

Manasyan said that the mentioned information was included in the  extraordinary report of the Human Rights Defender, which was the  first to be presented by the Defender to the international  organizations and actors with a mandate to protect human rights, with  the advisory section proving the authenticity of the information.

In turn, thanking for the reception, the guests congratulated Anahit  Manasyan on Armenia's membership in the European Committee for the  Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or  Punishment (CPT).

It is reported that during the meeting the parties discussed possible  areas of cooperation.