European Ombudsman Institute responds to Armenian Ombudsman
The European Ombudsman Institute (EOI) has responded to Armenian Ombudsman’s appeal on the plight of Armenians in the Syrian town of Kessab. This was the first response of a European structure to the human rights situation in Kessab. “The EOI was informed about the situation in Kessab by the Ombudsman of Armenia, Mr. Karen Andreasyan, in his function as national Ombudsman of the Republic of Armenia and about the results of his special human rights monitoring and mediation mission for the Armenian people and minority there. As a member of the EOI, the Armenian Ombudsman is playing an important role for the protection and promotion of human rights for the Armenians in Kessab through his human rights monitoring and mediation mission, and calls on all concerned parties to provide him with all necessary cooperation and assistance. The efforts should be continued for the protection of human rights in this region and promotion of peaceful resolution for the crisis in this country under very challenging and dramatic circumstances as well as a constructive cooperation with the civil society and international organisations, on the basis of the international law. The EOI strongly recommends and urges all concerned parties in Syria to install a peaceful and direct dialogue on solving the current crisis in the spirit of the principles of the international human rights law,” the EOI said. The European Ombudsman Institute is a human rights network which comprises of national and regional ombudsman institutions of Europe, scientific institutions and representatives of lawyer’s networks from across wider Europe.
