Larisa Alaverdyan ( hy, Լարիսա Ալավերդյան; born 21 September 1943), is an Armenian pedagogue and politician who served as the first

Human Rights Defender of Armenia The Human Rights Defender of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի մարդու իրավունքների պաշտպան) is the official ombudsman, who, acting pursuant to the Constitution of Armenia, Constitution of Armenia, as well as, principles and ...

(Ombudsman), member of the

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between 2007 and 2012 and leader of the faction of party Founding Parliament between 2009 and 2012.

Biography

Alaverdyan was born in Baku, nowadays part of

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and After graduating from the State Pedagogical Institute of Azerbaijan in 1966, she started her pedagogical work as a teacher of mathematics and drawing. Between 1966 and 1967 was teacher of maths in a rural secondary school. From 1991 to 1995, was the chief expert of the Special Commission of the

Supreme Council of Armenia The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR ( hy, ՀԽՍՀ Գերագույն խորհուրդ, HKhSH Geraguyn khorhurd; russian: Верховный Совет Армянской ССР) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Ar ...

in issues related to

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, and since 2006 is the executive director of the

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"Against the Violation of Law". She is actually the director of Institute of Law and Politics of the

Russian-Armenian University Russian-Armenian University (RAU) (russian: Российско-Армянский университет, РАУ; hy, Հայ-Ռուսական համալսարան) is an intergovernmental university being under the joint authority of the Russia ...

, where teaches since 2002. Participated in the

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-Armenia

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cooperative committee in the 10th meeting between 24 and 26 November 2008.

Career as Ombudsman

The office of Human Rights Defender, or Ombudsman, of

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was created by law in October 2003, and on 19 February 2004 Larisa Alaverdyan was appointed to the office by presidential decree, assuming the office on 1 March 2004. She helped the creation of the rehabilitation center of the South Caucasus for the victims of organized violence. This center managed to bring back home some Armenian children( 1992 to 1996).Larisa Alaverdyan
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