OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE DRAWS ATTENTION TO SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Armenpress
Dec 06 2006
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: The monitoring and rapid reaction
group of the Armenian office of human rights defender has found that
a school in a Yerevan district for children with hearing problems
lacked sanitary facilities and needed urgent repair.
Silva Markosian, an aide to the Armenian ombudsman, said virtually alls
schools for children with special needs in the country face serious
problems, aggravated by instances of violation of children's rights.
She said the group pays regular inspection visits to military units,
special schools, prisons and old people's homes. She said conditions
in prisons have improved a little and the bulk of complaints of the
convicts was about 'unjust court verdicts.'
Armenpress
Dec 06 2006
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: The monitoring and rapid reaction
group of the Armenian office of human rights defender has found that
a school in a Yerevan district for children with hearing problems
lacked sanitary facilities and needed urgent repair.
Silva Markosian, an aide to the Armenian ombudsman, said virtually alls
schools for children with special needs in the country face serious
problems, aggravated by instances of violation of children's rights.
She said the group pays regular inspection visits to military units,
special schools, prisons and old people's homes. She said conditions
in prisons have improved a little and the bulk of complaints of the
convicts was about 'unjust court verdicts.'