On March 6, a conference titled "In the Horizons of the Rule of Law: Challenges and Solutions" was held in the Balian Hall of Yerevan State University, dedicated to the 85th birthday of Professor Norik Ayvazyan, Doctor of Law and Honorary Head of the Chair of Constitutional Law at the YSU Faculty of Law.
The conference was attended by representatives from Armenia's scientific community, state bodies, the judiciary, various faculties of YSU, PhD candidates, and students. The Dean of the Faculty, Harutyun Khachikyan, welcoming the attendees, congratulated the esteemed Professor Norik Ayvazyan on his 85th birthday, wishing him continued health and well-being. He highlighted that throughout his professional career, Professor Ayvazyan has educated tens of thousands of legal professionals, including himself. Professor Ayvazyan's academic journey took place during a challenging era, when defending a doctoral dissertation in Moscow was an exceptional achievement; he was among the first to obtain the degree of doctor of law. His contribution to the field of jurisprudence and the education of legal professionals has been substantial. Alongside his strictness and high standards, he has always been exceptionally kind and generous toward his students.
Warm congratulatory remarks were delivered to Professor Ayvazyan by his colleagues: Gurgen Melikyan, Professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies; Edik Minasyan, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor; and Gagik Ghazinyan, Doctor of Legal Sciences and Professor.
The conference was chaired by Hasmik Yengoyan, Associate Professor at the Chair of Constitutional Law, who, addressing Professor Ayvazyan with a congratulatory message, stated: "Today we gather to summarize an entire era. Eighty-five is not merely an age of wisdom; it represents a lifetime of service to national science, university education, and numerous students. Most importantly, it reflects a commitment to viewing law as the supreme value for regulating state and social life. Your path is that of an individual for whom constitutional law was never just an academic subject. In your lectures, it resonated as a philosophy of freedom. By heading the Chair of Constitutional Law for many years, you fostered a collective mindset and a scientific school characterized by freedom of thought, respect for reasoned argument, and intolerance toward superficiality. It is for this reason that those who developed under your guidance became not only expert specialists but well-versed individuals."
The conference featured a series of scholarly reports by legal experts: Gevorg Danielyan, Doctor of Law, Professor ("Internal and External Aspects of the Legitimacy of State Power"); Ruzanna Hakobyan, Doctor of Law, Professor ("Forms of Constitutional Responsibility in a Rule-of-Law State"); Artur Vagharshyan, Doctor of Law, Professor ("The Need to Reconsider the Constitutional Concept of the State"); Anahit Manasyan, PhD in Law, Associate Professor ("The Exceptional Role of Human Rights Education in Ensuring the Rule of Law: Challenges and Solutions"); Karen Hakobyan, PhD in Law, Assistant ("Trends in the Development of the Right to Good Administration"); Kristine Aleksanyan, PhD in Law, Assistant ("Issues of Protecting Legitimate Expectations in the Case of the Revocation of Favorable Administrative Acts"); and Tigran Naghdalyan, PhD in Law, Assistant ("The Issue of Assessing the Constitutionality of Legislative Gaps").
