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LAW CONFERENCE:
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE FUTURE
OF ARMENIA'S ARMED FORCES
DATE: SATURDAY JUNE 5
TIME: 11 AM to 2 PM
PLACE: AUA SMALL AUDITORIUM (FIFTH FLOOR)
The AUA Law Department and the student Law Club invite you to attend this special law conference on Armenia's military services. Speakers will discuss the military's new role in the Partnership for Peace Program of NATO, its accommodation of conscientious objectors, and its efforts to guarantee basic human rights to its own soldiers.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear a diverse array of viewpoints-- from the military, the parliament, and from international and local human rights organizations-- and to express your own opinions, too.
Speakers:
1. Ministry of Defense Chief of Foreign Affairs, General-Major Michael Melkonyan
2. Ministry of Defense Chief of Legal Department, Colonel Sedrak Sedrakyan
3. Vice Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly, Vahan Hovhannisyan
4. Council of Europe Special Envoy to Armenia, Natalya Voutova
5. Helsinki Committee, Chair Avetick Ishkhanyan
6. Mothers of Soldiers NGO, Spokesman Greta Mirzoyan
This event is free and open to the public
Light refreshments will be served