Initiated by the Syunik Branch of the “A.D. Sakharov Armenian Human Rights Protection Center” NGO, a training course entitled “Democracy, Human Rights, and Civil Society” was held in the city of Sisian. The session was conducted by Arkadi Hovhannisyan, an attorney, member of the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia, and lecturer at Goris State University.
During the course, the fundamentals of democratic and legal states, human rights and freedoms, the separation and balance of powers, as well as the role of civil society and forms of public participation were addressed.
Participants also discussed the freedom of assembly and expression, the presumption of innocence, the principle of equality before the law, and the socio-economic prerequisites for civil society development, viewing these topics through the context of the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia.
