Personal protective equipment for Armenia's Human Rights Defender’s Office staff
UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF support emergency procurement of personal protective equipment for the staff of Armenia's Human Rights Defender’s Office.
As part of the COVID-19 response, European Union in Armenia funded “Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Armenia” project, implemented by UNDP in Armenia, UNFPA and UNICEF Armenia, supported emergency procurement of personal protective equipment for the staff of the Human Rights Defender’s Office of the Republic of Armenia to facilitate safe and uninterrupted work of the institution, interaction with citizens and visits to closed institutions.
The RA Human Rights Defender is an independent official who ensures the protection of human rights and freedoms by state and local self-government bodies and officials, and in cases defined by the Law on Human Rights Defender – by organizations as well, contributes to the restoration of violated rights and freedoms, improves the normative legal acts related to the rights and freedoms. The RA Human Rights Defender is a member of the worldwide family of the traditional “Ombudsman institutions” that currently are present in more than 100 countries.
Within the framework of support, 6000 gloves, 2300 medical masks, 700 medical shoe covers, 700 respirators, 300 coveralls, 250 safety goggles, 50 medical face shields, 10 boxes of disinfection tablets, 70 liters of alcogel and 5 non-contact infrared thermometers were provided to the Human Rights Defender’s Office.
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