DISINFO: Paedophilia is legalised in Armenia
SUMMARY
Paedophilia is legalised. In fact, a document was adopted, that forces the education system from an early age to teach defilement to children. Including introducing them to the LGBT. For the first time in our legislation, the category of sexual orientation is fixed. That is, LGBT people and other perverts will have separate legal protection.
RESPONSE
This disinformation message is consistent with recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about Western moral decay, as well as about imposing on countries international conventions and laws that destroy the moral foundations of traditional societies. Armenian Parliament has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, also known as “the Lanzarote Convention”. The Convention requires criminalisation of all kinds of sexual offences against children. It sets out that states in Europe, and beyond, shall adopt specific legislation and take measures to prevent sexual violence, to protect child victims and to prosecute perpetrators. Armenia has signed the convention in 2010. The Convention is a major step forward in the prevention of sexual offences against children, the prosecution of perpetrators and the protection of child victims. The protection of children is at the heart of this convention. It focuses throughout on respect for children’s rights, ensuring their well-being, responding to their views, needs and concerns, and acting at all times in their best interests. All 47 Council of Europe member states have signed and 45 states have ratified the Convention. See a similar case claiming that officials, connected to child molestation, are behind the Lanzarote convention and that Lanzarote Convention is about defiling children.