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Armenian Studies Program
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
260 Stephens Hall
U.C. Berkeley
Tel: 510-642-3230
Berkeley Law's Election Administration Research Center (EARC) and The
Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law;
the Armenian Studies Program and the Institute of Slavic, East European,
and Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley;
and the Human Rights Initiative, UC Davis
PRESENT:
Elections, Democracy Building, and Civil Society in a
Peri-Conflict Region: The 2012 Presidential Election in
Nagorno Karabakh Republic
Tuesday November 20, 2012
4:00 pm -- 6:00 pm
132 South Addition, Boalt Hall
Free and open to the public
Please join us for the election observer's reports, followed by a panel
discussion of the salient issues in elections and governance of Nagorno
Karabakh.
Panel 1:
KARIN MAC DONALD
Director of the Election Administration Research Center, Berkeley Law
KEITH DAVID WATENPAUGH
Associate Professor and Director, Human Rights Initiative
University of California, Davis
HEGHNAR WATENPAUGH
Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
Panel 2:
HONORABLE GRIGOR HOVHANNISSIAN
Consul General of the Republic of Armenia in Los Angeles
H.E. ROBERT AVETISYAN
Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
to the United States
MR. ASHOT GHULYAN
Chairman of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic National Assembly
Discussant:
STEPHAN ASTOURIAN
Assistant Adjunct Professor of History and Executive Director of the
Armenian Studies Program, Institute of Slavic, East European, and
Eurasian Studies
On July 19, 2012, the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh held its fifth
presidential election since declaring independence in 1991. Two
candidates, Vitaly Balasanyan and Arkady Soghomonyan, challenged the
incumbent President Bako Sahakyan. President Sahakyan won re-election. A
team of Elections and Human Rights experts from UC Berkeley and UC Davis
were part of a California group that travelled to Nagorno Karabakh to
observe the election.
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
260 Stephens Hall
U.C. Berkeley
Tel: 510-642-3230
Berkeley Law's Election Administration Research Center (EARC) and The
Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law;
the Armenian Studies Program and the Institute of Slavic, East European,
and Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley;
and the Human Rights Initiative, UC Davis
PRESENT:
Elections, Democracy Building, and Civil Society in a
Peri-Conflict Region: The 2012 Presidential Election in
Nagorno Karabakh Republic
Tuesday November 20, 2012
4:00 pm -- 6:00 pm
132 South Addition, Boalt Hall
Free and open to the public
Please join us for the election observer's reports, followed by a panel
discussion of the salient issues in elections and governance of Nagorno
Karabakh.
Panel 1:
KARIN MAC DONALD
Director of the Election Administration Research Center, Berkeley Law
KEITH DAVID WATENPAUGH
Associate Professor and Director, Human Rights Initiative
University of California, Davis
HEGHNAR WATENPAUGH
Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
Panel 2:
HONORABLE GRIGOR HOVHANNISSIAN
Consul General of the Republic of Armenia in Los Angeles
H.E. ROBERT AVETISYAN
Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
to the United States
MR. ASHOT GHULYAN
Chairman of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic National Assembly
Discussant:
STEPHAN ASTOURIAN
Assistant Adjunct Professor of History and Executive Director of the
Armenian Studies Program, Institute of Slavic, East European, and
Eurasian Studies
On July 19, 2012, the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh held its fifth
presidential election since declaring independence in 1991. Two
candidates, Vitaly Balasanyan and Arkady Soghomonyan, challenged the
incumbent President Bako Sahakyan. President Sahakyan won re-election. A
team of Elections and Human Rights experts from UC Berkeley and UC Davis
were part of a California group that travelled to Nagorno Karabakh to
observe the election.