RA Ombudsman to Participate in International Seminar in Strasbourg

[Nadirian Emma]

RA OMBUDSMAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR "HUMAN RIGHTS
PROTECTION IN STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM" IN STRASBURG

YEREVAN, June 10. /ARKA/. RA Ombudsman Larisa Alaverdyan will
participate in the international seminar "Human Rights Protection in
Struggle against Terrorism" in Strasburg. According to the Department
for Information and Public Relations of the RA Ombudsman's Office,
Alaverdyan left for Strasburg by the invitation of Pier-Anri Imber,
the General Prosecutor of the Coordinating Committee of the Council of
Europe for Human Rights. In the context of the discussions of the main
issue - combination of human rights protection with struggle against
terrorism- the participants of the session will touch upon the issues
of application of two documents of the Council of Europe: "Governing
Principles in the Sphere of Human Rights and Struggle against
Terrorism" and "Protection of Victims of Terrorist Attacks", adopted
correspondingly in July 2002 and March 2005. Rendering assistance to
the victims of terrorist attacks and the possibility to exchange
experience between national institutes in that sphere will be in the
center of the attention of European experts. It's planned to discuss
the further activity of the Council of Europe in that direction in
view of successful experience of countries-members of the Council of
Europe.

To participate in the seminar organized by the Council of Europe for
top officials, only 30 experts out of 46 countries-members of the
Council of Europe were invited. A.H. --0--