YEREVAN. – On Tuesday, the National Assembly of Armenia continues its regular sittings, which started last week.

On Monday, the parliament adopted the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse.

On the same day, the National Assembly started discussing the annual report on the activities of the Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) and the state of human rights and freedoms in the country in 2019, as well as the Human Rights Defender's annual report on the activities in 2019 as a national prevention mechanism. These reports were presented by Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan.

The discussion of the issue continues on Tuesday.

To note, after the brawl in parliament on May 8, the opposition Bright Armenia faction is not in attendance to these sessions.