Vol. 7 No. 3 (21) (2016)

Articles

  • Articles

    The Peculiarities of Interpretation of Problems of Children in a Conflict with Law in Mass Media

    Nvard Melkonyan
    View PDF
    Abstract

    The article deals with the coverage of legal norms and ethical principles of delinquents’ issues in the context of comprehensive problem of children's rights’ protection The author presents a range of fundamental rules of materials preparation in mass media about juvenile delinquents developed by local and international organizations dealing with the protection of children's rights and various mass media professional associations and journalistic unions. The author also addresses the issue of law regulation, which makes mass media and its representatives legally responsible for the distributing materials about juveniles having problems with law and for violating the principles of protection of rights and legitimate interests of children, as reflected in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

    References
  • Articles

    Priorities of the Policy of Women's Political Involvement in Local Self-Governance

    Gohar Shahnazaryan, Siran Hovhannisyan
    View PDF
    Abstract

    Despite being more than half of world population women still have a very modest role in political processes. This phenomenon is conditioned by a variety of structural, functional and socialpsychological factors which vary in different cultures and countries. Yet, according to feminist political scientists, the main problem underlies in the essence of politics and liberal democracy. For that reason, it is more than important to analyze and find the roots of connections between economic activity and political participation of women.

    References