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On April 11, theChair of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, Taguhi Tovmasyan hosted the delegation led by Ms. Christine Weigand, the UNICEF Representative in Armenia,

The Committee Chair introduced Ms. Weigand to the emotional and psychological violence of Azerbaijan against 19 Armenian children transferred from Armenia to Artsakh, which should be subject to the target assessment and condemnation by international structures.

Taguhi Tovmasyan also raised the alarms that the employees of the Operative Intelligence Department of the Erebuni Department of the Police of the city Yerevan had detained minor students by using brute force, had beaten and tortured them.

The UNICEF Representative Christine Weigand mentioned in her speech that she is aware of the incident of Azerbaijanis invading the bus carrying 19 Armenian children to Artsakh. She sent the MP’s letters to the relevant United Nations bodies.

The UNICEF is quite actively involved in the development of a number of important legislative initiatives regulating the field of child protection. Considering incidents of violence against minors as unacceptable and very worrying, Ms. Weigand expressed hope that the upcoming legislative changes, on which they are already conducting interested discussions, will contribute to ensuring progress in the direction of violence prevention.

At the meeting, the attendees emphasized their willingness to enhance the collaboration for the benefit of children's rights protection.