Today, the Human Rights Defender’s Office (HRDO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia and Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law officially opened the Human Rights library at the HRDO premises and presented an Armenian translation of the Textbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. These initiatives were implemented within the framework of UNDP project “Strengthening the Human Rights Capacity of the Human Rights Defender’s Office in Armenia,” with financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Representatives from the Armenian judiciary system, national libraries, academia and universities, as well as representatives of international organizations, local NGOs and mass media attended the event. Opening the event, Mr. Armen Harutyunyan, Human Rights Defender of Armenia said, “Human rights is first of all culture, education, way of living and thinking and then the rest. Similar initiatives promote the formation of human being’s internal value system.” Ms. Consuelo Vidal, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative said, “The promotion and protection of human rights is a basis of the UN value system and the Organization’s efforts in Armenia are aimed at strengthening the capacity of human rights institutions, in particular, the Human Rights Defender’s Office. We are very happy to have been able to partner in this project with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute with financial support from SIDA. She also expressed strong conviction that the Human Rights library and the Textbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will be efficient and useful tools for all human rights practitioners, such as the staff of HRDO, students of law departments, academic institutions and NGOs to better understand human rights fundamentals and carry out knowledge-based professional activity. The UNDP project “Strengthening the Human Rights Capacity of the Human Rights Defender’s Office in Armenia,” among other activities, assists the HRDO to raise awareness on human rights in Armenia through development and publication of a quarterly newsletter, publication of reports, and organization of workshops and seminars.