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    Categories: 2019

Minister highlights amendments into Armenia’s Law on Children’s rights

Panorama, Armenia
Feb 21 2019

Armenia’s Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zaruhi Batoyan met on Thursday with Tanja Radocaj, the Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and discussed the priorities in the sphere of children’s rights, focusing specifically on the procedure of de-institutionalization that will also include children with disabilities.

As the ministry press service reported, Batoyan praised the immense contribution the UNICEFF has made in the design and implementation of reforms to address gaps in the fulfilment of the rights of all children in Armenia.

“Whenever we speak of the process of de-institutionalization, we should consider all children living in boarding schools, including in private ones. Our approach is clear if there are any funds available from the state budget, donor of private organisations, they should be directed not to institutions but to the family,” the minister has said, stressing also the importance of protection of personal data of the children.

Minister Batoyan has also stressed the pending amendments into the Law of Children’s rights, especially into provisions of children’s trafficking and exploitation.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS