On April 7, upon the initiative of the Armenian Bar Association, Gegham Stepanyan, the Human Rights Ombudsman had a meeting-discussion with the members of the organization, and the representatives of the University of California (Los Angeles), Loyola Law School (Law and Genocide Center), Southwestern Law School, Human Rights Clinic of the University of South California.
The Ombudsman introduced the fact-finding mission launched since September 2017 to record the violations of the rights of people of Artsakh during the Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression, as well as the work carried out by the Human Rights Ombudsman in the post-war period. Gegham Stepanyan referred to the reports of the Human Rights Ombudsman on war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Azerbaijan, emphasizing the importance of the submitting of the information summarized in them to the relevant bodies.
They also discussed the research projects carried out by the American universities and scientific centers to study and document Azerbaijani crimes, as well as the areas of cooperation with the Artsakh Ombudsman in this field.
Robert Avetisyan, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Artsakh to the United States of America also took part in the meeting.
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The Human Rights Defender’s Staff of the Artsakh Republic