George Washington University to host seminar on Armenia-Turkey Protocols

PanARMENIAN.Net - Policy Forum Armenia in collaboration with The American Society of International Law and The George Washington University Law School will hold its Third Seminar on Turkey Protocols: Reality and Myths in Jacob Burns Moot Courtroom, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, on January 25.



Professor Catherine Kessedjian (Pantheon-Assas University, Paris, France) and International Law Professor Sean Murphy (Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law, GWU Law School) are invited as guest speakers.



The previous panel discussions were held in George Washington University (November 2009) and Fordham Lincoln University (New York, December 17).



Policy Forum Armenia is an independent professional non-profit association aimed at strengthening discourse on Armenia's public policy.



The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation.



On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country's Organic Law.