On August 26, Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan met with schoolchildren participating in the National Assembly's Summer School. 55 children from Yerevan and different regions of Armenia took part in the meeting.
In his speech, Anahit Manasyan stressed the importance of such meetings, to emphasize the importance of the idea of human rights, tolerance, human, as the highest value, its dignity.
"Today we will talk about the issues of human rights. I am here not only as a human rights defenders, but also as a person who has been quite active in school and student years in terms of addressing public importance issues. During my activities, I have formed a number of important principles and ideas that concern, including ethical standards, and which I consider it a guide in this area, "the Defender said.
Anahit Manasyan spoke about the challenges in the field of human rights.
The meeting was conducted a format of question and answer. Anahit Manasyan and Acting Chairman of the RA NA Standing Committee on Human Rights and Public Affairs, among others, discussed discrimination against the fight against human rights education, the rights of people with disabilities, freedom of speech and freedom of speech.
Reference was made to the protection of the rights of forced displaced persons, the work done by the Ombudsman's establishment in that direction.
At the end of the meeting, Anahit Manasyan thanked for the interesting discussion and expressed readiness to host schoolchildren in the Defender's Office.
