Today, the RA Human Rights Defender conducted an expended session of the Expert Council on Prevention of Torture adjunct to the Defender.
The representatives of the NGOs operating in the field of Ill-treatment and torture prevention and Larisa Alaverdyan, the first RA Human Rights Defender have attended the session.
The issues concerning the assurance of the right to healthcare in Penitentiary institutions have been discussed.
During the session, the protection of rights of people with mental health problems at psychiatric institutions, the problems revealed through the conducted monitoring and possible means to solve them have been also addressed.