TIGRAN KOCHARYAN

Deputy Head for Education and Research of the National

Defense Research University of Ministry of Defence of the

Republic of Armenia – Head of INSS, Colonel,

Doctor of Political Science, Professor

ANAHIT SHAHUMYAN

National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

International Scientific-Educational Center, Chief Specialist of General Department

Applicant of the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of the National Academy of

Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59546/18290744‑2026.1‑3‑31

Annotation.

This scientific article, based on the opinions of well‑known jurists, the study of international and domestic legislation, presents the constitutional and legal foundations of the function of civil society control, the features of their implementation. In particular, the article reveals the features of the concepts of “control”, “supervision”, “monitoring”, “public control”, as well as the manifestations of control as a stable toolkit of civil society. Moreover, in the scientific article, the author also thoroughly addressed the types of civil control, their specificities. At the same time, considering the essence of the types of civil control, the author emphasizes another main characteristic of civil society ‑ that the state is guided by the constitutional legal consciousness of society, the basis of which is the guarantee of the supremacy of law and the limitation of power by law.

In the scientific article, the author also touches on the specifics of the manifestation of the principle of civilian control over the armed forces. The author argues that the armed forces need civilian control, since they can be used as a weapon to seize power or to support political forces. At the same time, civilian control over the armed forces implies the participation of citizens in the management of the armed forces.

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