Meeting between Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan met with Marja Ruotanen, Director General of Democracy and Human Dignity of the Council of Europe

03 July, 2024

On July 3, the Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan met with Marja Ruotanen, Director General of Democracy and Human Dignity of the Council of Europe, as part of her working visit to Strasbourg.
The Defender presented the existing problems in a number of areas of human rights, referred to the existing challenges in the field of guaranteeing equality and anti-discrimination. In this context, the Defender emphasized the importance of overcoming the atmosphere of hate speech, discrimination, intolerance, and carrying out large-scale activities for the complete transformation of the education system in this area.
The interlocutors referred to the importance of the Istanbul Convention and reaffirmed their commitment to preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
The Defender also emphasized the importance of carrying out serious work in the field of protection and promotion of the rights of national minorities, persons with disabilities, guaranteeing gender equality, referred to the work done by her in the mentioned fields, emphasized the specificity of the annual report of the Human Rights Defender of 2023, stating that within the framework of the latter, equality of rights and anti-discrimination issues are presented with a new methodology and modern international standards.
The Defender also emphasized the need to improve the structures for the protection of the rights of people with different religious beliefs.
Anahit Manasyan highly appreciated the level of cooperation between the Human Rights Defender and the Council of Europe in the field of combating discrimination, expressing readiness to expand cooperatio

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