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ARMENIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER WILL VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
armradio.am
02.04.2009 18:12
Mr. Armen Harutyunyan, the Human Rights Defender of the Republic
of Armenia since 2007, will be visiting the City of Ann Arbor and
the University of Michigan Armenian Studies Program on April 9 and
10. Mr. Harutyunyan is on a US State Department sponsored tour of the
United States and will be having meetings related to human rights on
the international, national, and local level in three other cities
as well.
Mr. Harutyunyan has extensive experience in the development of human
rights laws in Armenia and intensive training in European universities
on the subject.
While in Michigan, Mr. Harutyunyan will be hosted by the International
Center of the University of Michigan. The program for his first
day in Ann Arbor has been set by the Armenian Studies Program of
the University.
On April 9 Mr. Harutyunyan will first meet the Armenian Studies
faculty, followed by a luncheon meeting with faculty from the Center
for International and Comparative Studies, which has a strong program
in human rights; the Center for Russian and East European Studies; the
Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; the Center for
European Studies; the Ford School of Public Policy, and the Michigan
Law School.
Mr. Harutyunyan will deliver a public lecture in the Koessler Room
of the Michigan League on human r ights issues in Armenia and the
South Caucasus.
"This is a rare opportunity," stated Prof. Gerard Libaridian, Director
of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, "to
hear directly from the Human Rights Defender of Armenia regarding the
human rights situation in Armenia and develop a constructive dialog
with him worldwide."
armradio.am
02.04.2009 18:12
Mr. Armen Harutyunyan, the Human Rights Defender of the Republic
of Armenia since 2007, will be visiting the City of Ann Arbor and
the University of Michigan Armenian Studies Program on April 9 and
10. Mr. Harutyunyan is on a US State Department sponsored tour of the
United States and will be having meetings related to human rights on
the international, national, and local level in three other cities
as well.
Mr. Harutyunyan has extensive experience in the development of human
rights laws in Armenia and intensive training in European universities
on the subject.
While in Michigan, Mr. Harutyunyan will be hosted by the International
Center of the University of Michigan. The program for his first
day in Ann Arbor has been set by the Armenian Studies Program of
the University.
On April 9 Mr. Harutyunyan will first meet the Armenian Studies
faculty, followed by a luncheon meeting with faculty from the Center
for International and Comparative Studies, which has a strong program
in human rights; the Center for Russian and East European Studies; the
Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; the Center for
European Studies; the Ford School of Public Policy, and the Michigan
Law School.
Mr. Harutyunyan will deliver a public lecture in the Koessler Room
of the Michigan League on human r ights issues in Armenia and the
South Caucasus.
"This is a rare opportunity," stated Prof. Gerard Libaridian, Director
of the Armenian Studies Program at the University of Michigan, "to
hear directly from the Human Rights Defender of Armenia regarding the
human rights situation in Armenia and develop a constructive dialog
with him worldwide."