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Direct democracy can be applied in three different forms. The first is known as the initiative. Regular people, the voters, can take the problems we are facing in society and create laws that may eventually end up on the ballot. First off, there has to be a petition that is developed and sent to the attorney general for approval. Second type of direct democracy is the recall. Recall enables voters to remove an elected official from their position for any reason before their term has ended. Just as the other one do, the recall starts with a petition. The next form of direct democracy is t…

Importantly, democracy serves to improve the quality of life, because fundamentally it is seen as a form of governance by the people and for the people. This is often implemented through elected representatives, which therefore requires free, transparent, and fair elections, in order to achieve legitimacy. However, even in established democracies, there are pressures that threaten various democratic foundations. A democratic system’s openness also allows it to attract those with vested interests to use the democratic process as a means to attain power and influence, even if they do not hol…

The international notion of democracy determines it as a form of government, whereby the people rule through their elected representatives, where the people are absolute, and are the supreme form of political authority. It is also a guardian of the rights of all citizens and the state may not take away, nor interfere with certain basic rights. I think that, democracy is the rule of law, under which all citizens are equal. The law maintains order, protect citizens and limit power. The rights and freedoms of democratic society provide for a greater social harmony, by ensuring no person is d…

Officer M. Margaryan completely destroyed the crime scene. The expert of Helsinki Association concluded that the preliminary investigative body changed the clothes of the deceased. Accompanying this was Dallakyan’s false report (Autopsy case No. 186/10), according to which, T. Sarukhanyan was killed due to “fired a close shot from a distance” on 08/30/2012. Sevak Hovhannisyan was refused from his pretrial testimonies. However, Sevak Hovhannisyan gave his testimony as an important witness in the trial testimonials and told the court that Sarukhanyan unit’s 24 servicemen, including himself, …

The preliminary investigation so far works only on the false hypothesis that the deceased had homosexual tendencies, which are absolutely refuted by the data obtained in the same criminal case, which clearly shows that Tigran Hambardzumyan did not commit suicide, but was murdered. The specific items which were taken during the investigation from the crime scene for further examination draw a lot of questions to R. Martirosyan who is T. Hambardzuyan’s legal representative. R. Martirosyan expert of the Helsinki Association of Armenia tried to get this information from the Head of Civil Servi…

After inspecting the Criminal Code case materials, “Helsinki Association” expert Martirosyan came to the unequivocal conclusion that the decision to dismiss was unlawful, unjustified and is subject to cancellation for the following reasons. Dead Body Forensic No. 1159/54 expertise Arthur Ghazaryan “The dead body internal Study” section forensic specialist noted that the deceased had injuries: and describes the region of the head and its appearance. Quote there was a dark irregular shaped hemorrhage (total 15,5 × 9,0 cm size hemorrhage) “the skin under the top of the scalp includes surgery …

In 2011, after getting acquainted with the materials of the case Ruben Martirosyan expert of the Helsinki Association of Armenia found out that the investigation was unilateral, and contained false investigation which was accompanied by the Criminal Procedure Code and Criminal Code violations, with numerous and diverse violations, intentional murder has become apparent “suicidal.” Due to these false claims 5 soldiers were arrested. The pre-trial violations are numerous and diverse including: destruction of material evidence, destruction of fingerprints from murder weapon, creation of false…

09/15/2001 in the Criminal Code. The case has been suspended due to an unknown offenders. 11/11/2008, was also arrested. The case was removed from the suspension and is committed to further investigations. 04/11/2009 the criminal code was again suspended for the same reasons. According to the Helsinki Association Ruben Martirosyan, 12 years Criminal Code made the case unilateral incomplete, containing false investigations, which was accompanied by the audience trial. Calculate the gross violations. His hands were copies of the decisions and conclusions of the expert evidence that, 1. The m…

Դրանով փաստացի ամբողջությամբ հերքվեցին նախաքննության և մեղադրանքի այն բոլոր պնդումները, թե իբր Դավիթին դանակահարելու պահին նրա մոտ եղել և դեպքին ականատես են եղել Ա. Հ.-ն և Ռ. Ս.-ն: Մեղադրանքը ամբողջությամբ փլուզվեց երբ լրացուցիչ ցուցմունք տվեց անչափահաս վկա Ռ. Ս.-ն: Նա նշեց, որ ամբողջությամբ հրաժարվում է իր նախաքննական ցուցմունքներից, ինչպես նաև դատարանում առաջին հարցաքննության ժամանակ տված ցուցմունքից: Ըստ այդ ցուցմունքների, վկան իբր ականատես էր եղել Կունգուրցևի կողմից Դավիթ Հովակիմյանի դանակահարությանը: Դատարանում վկան հայտնեց, որ ինքը ներկա չի եղել դանակահարությանը, չի տեսել Կ. Կունգուրց…