Declaration of independence of Armenia: an impressive guarantee of public protection

Abstract

The present article analyzes the conflicting legal relationship between the Declaration of Independence of Armenia 1990 and the Constitution, international treaties and laws. The methods of research are axiomatic, comparative, analysis and synthesis, induction. The author observes that the Declaration of Independence is a legal document of perpetual (eternal), pre-constitutional and above-normative character, which provides for the principles of statehood preservation of Armenia. The Declaration of Independence is a standard for determining the ability of constitutional norms for statehood preservation and for risk diagnoses. No Constitution can be submitted to a referendum or be otherwise adopted if it contradicts the Declaration of Independence. International treaties, as well as all other normative legal acts should not contradict the basic principles of the Armenian statehood and national goals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.