Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan met with Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, in Strasbourg on Friday, his office reported.

The human rights defender presented to the commissioner the urgency of the immediate return of the Armenian captives from Azerbaijan, presenting facts that the Azerbaijani side is holding the captives with the gross violations of international human rights requirements.

Arman Tatoyan presented the gross violations of the rights of the border residents of Armenia by the Azerbaijani military servicemen, and the results of the fact-finding activities in Syunik and Gegharkunik Provinces.

During the meeting, the parties also discussed the human rights situation in penitentiary and psychiatric institutions, and other places of deprivation of liberty, as well as issues related to the protection of the rights of children, women and persons with disabilities.