On March 19, 2015 Varuzhan Hoktanyan, Executive Director of Transparency International Anticorruption Center (TIAC) took part in panel discussion “Promoting Justice Reform and Human Rights Protection Mechanisms in Armenia in the Context of Eastern Partnership” and made presentation on the topic “Governance Reform and Civil Society Oversight.” Before addressing the draft national anticorruption strategy and the institutional structures created to implement its action plan he made a brief historic overview. Hoktanyan reflected on the interrelations among human rights in Armenia, the state of justice and the level of corruption.

The event was organized under the auspices of Euronest PA Co-Chairs, EP Chair for the Delegation to South Caucasus, the Open Society Foundations, and the European Endowment for Democracy. The session reflected on the state of justice and human rights protection policies in Armenia in the scope of the Eastern Partnership and examined the leading tendencies of the field in the context of Armenia’s Eurasian Economic Union membership. Furthermore the discussion drew on analysis of different practices of justice and human rights reform implementation in Armenia in the context of Eastern Partnership and offered the civil society perspective of the future cooperation format along with recommendations for policy improvement.