On November 14-15, a seminar-discussion was held at the Constitutional Court, which was conducted by Dr. Christoph Degenhart, Professor at the University of Leipzig, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Saxony.
The topics of the seminar were as follows: “The constitutional complaint and its peculiarities in the context of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia”, “The constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression, and its restrictions in the practice of the Constitutional Court of Germany”. As a specialist in state and administrative law, Mr. Degenhart introduced the right to freedom of expression in the Basic Law of Germany and the European Convention on Human Rights and noted the crucial importance of this right from the perspective of the development of a democratic society.
He presented the content of this right, forms of manifestation and peculiarities of the restrictions. He answered the questions of the judges of the Constitutional Court on the individual constitutional complaint prescribed in the amended Constitution, drawing parallels between the RA Constitutional Court and the Constitutional Court of Germany regarding the procedure and preconditions for acceptance of the complaint. In conclusion, Hrayr Tovmasyan, President of the RA Constitutional Court thanked the Professor for the informative two-day discussion, highlighting such meetings from the perspective of replenishment of knowledge and exchange of experience.