Abstract
The article is dedicated to the issues of informed consent, the provisions of regulation by legislation, their specificities related to children, and persons with disabilities, in times of emergencies, and cases when consent cannot be obtained due to the inability of the patient, the impossibility of the circumstances and the urgency of the situation. The informed consent rule invokes the duty of health and medical professionals, especially of professionals responsible for healthcare management and governance. The purpose of the article is to analyze the legislation of the Republic of Armenia from the point of view of its compliance with European human rights standards. The main sources of such standards are the European Convention on Human Rights, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the Oviedo Convention, etc. Based on the conclusions made as a result of the research, concrete recommendations are made to improve the national legislation to approximate it with the European standards.
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