100 LAWYERS TO TAKE PART IN ALL-ARMENIAN CONFERENCE OF LAWYERS

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS:About 100 lawyers presented applications for participation in the All- Armenian Conference of Lawyers scheduled for September 19-20 in Yerevan. The conference is being organized by the Armenian Diaspora Ministry in collaboration with the Armenian Constitutional Court. Head of the task group established in the staff of the ministry Arman Yeghiazaryan told Armenpress that 40 of the 100 will arrive from USA, Russia, France, Iran, Argentina, Belgium, Switzerland, Great Britain, Austria, Syria, Lebanon. The biggest delegation will arrive from France. About 60 representatives from Justice Ministry, Constitutional Court, Armenian Bar Chamber, Armenian Lawyers’ Union will participate from Armenia. Yeghiazaryan noted that the goal of the conference is to register and unite the potential of Armenian lawyers living abroad, work out stable and effective mechanisms of involving them into the inner life of Armenia, create All-Armenian Association of Lawyers and on its basis a specialized all-Armenian network. The participants of the conference will discuss issues on preparation and training of lawyers, on protection of rights of ethnic minorities, issue on international recognition of the Armenian Genocide – from the viewpoint of right, lobbying, legal protection of cultural heritage etc. The deadline for accepting applications for participation has been prolonged until September10.