LL.M. Program Chair Zrvandyan Publishes His Recent Legal Study

Yerevan, Armenia – In May 2014 the Chair and Assistant Professor of the Master of Laws Program Mr. Zrvandyan published his legal study on the “Rights of Persons with Mental Disorders to Liberty, Privacy and Fair Trial in the Armenian Law and Practice”. In this study the author analyzed the law and the practice of the Republic of Armenia related to deprivation of legal capacity, placement in psychiatric hospitals, access to justice and privacy. The study draws a number of conclusions from the analysis of the research data and proposes a number of recommendations to policy-makers, judges and psychiatric institutions. On 12 June 2014 the main findings and conclusions of the study have been presented and discussed with interested specialists, lawyers, public servants, psychiatrists and NGO representatives in AUA.

The study can be downloaded in Armenian and English languages.