On January 23, 2013 Sona Ayvazyan, Deputy Director and Heriknaz Tigranyan, Legal Expert of Transparency International Anti-corruption Center participated in a public discussion "Republic of Armenia National Strategy on the Protection of Human Rights" organized by the "Partnership for Open Society" Initiative in collaboration with the Working Group I of the Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. Sona Ayvazyan made a presentation during the event.

The strategy was developed and submitted for public discussion still in 2011. It was adopted on October 29, 2012 by the order of President Sargsyan and three month term was set forth to develop the Strategy's Implementation Action Plan for 2013-16. The Ministry of Justice had applied to NGOs for recommendations, however the NGOs are of the opinion that the Strategy should be amended since there are a number of gaps. The speakers addressed several gaps regarding different spheres.