12 January, 2010
Constitutional Court OKs the Armenian-Turkish protocols [updated]
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The Constitutional Court of Armenia ruled on 12 January that the commitments included in the protocols on “Establishing diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey” and “Development of bilateral relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey” correspond to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia.
This decision was made by the Armenian Constitutional Court on Tuesday.
The ruling, read out by the court chairman, Gagik Harutiunian, concluded that the provisions of the two Turkish-Armenian protocols signed in October “conform to the constitution of the Republic of Armenia.” He also added that according to the second part of the Article 102 of the Armenian Constitution this decision is final and goes into affect after proclamation.
After the protocols were approved by the Constitutional Court, the opposition stopped their demonstrations, initiated by the Dashnakutyun and Heritage parties the day before the court review started.
Azerbaijani Zerkalo.az informed that a member of the Armenian Constitutional Court said that the priority of the protocols is open borders between Armenian and Turkey, and the other obligations gain legal force in the presence of open borders.
The screening discussion of the documentary “Neither War nor Peace” was organized by Peace Dialogue NGO for Zangakatun charitable foundation’s Zangak social service center’s beneficiaries on August 27. The previous screening discussion of Peace Dialogue member Vahagn Antonyan and his Azerbaijani colleague Asef Guliev from AzTV was held in “Crossing Roads” NGO on August 2. Several participants of “One day with my friends” project of Peace Dialogue also attended the discussion in Zangak, who had been actively involved in the discussion and shared together with the Zangak beneficiaries their emotions and thoughts after seeing the documentary. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, accompanied by his wife and representatives of the Russian government, arrived in Yerevan on August 19 on a state visit to cement the Russo-Armenian military alliance with a new defence agreement. During his visit he also took part in unofficial summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). 
The International Peace and Development Training Centre (IPDTC) is pleased to announce it’s Autumn Peace Academy (APA). Courses may be taken individually or together. 
The Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR) is recognized as a leading organisation in the fields of peacebuilding, conflict transformation, violence prevention and post-war recovery.