Armenia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- approved by referendum on July 5, 1995; amended 2005, 2015, last in 2020
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil law system; not subject to the jurisdiction of the ICJ
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Azgayin Zhoghov)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Cassation or Court of Appeal (composed of the Criminal Chamber with a president and 5 judges and the Civil and Administrative Chamber with a president and 10 judges – with specializations in both civil and administrative matters); constitutional court (composed of 9 judges); criminal and civil appellate courts; administrative appellate court; first instance courts; specialized administrative and bankruptcy courts
RELIGIONS
Armenian Apostolic Christian 92.6%, Evangelical Christian 1%, other 2.4%, none 1.1%, unspecified 2.9% (estimate 2011)
From the country
- JULY 11, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
In the new Criminal Code of Armenia, adopted by the...
In the new Criminal Code of Armenia, adopted by the National Assembly at the first reading, the death penalty has been abolished
- JULY 9, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments...
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments to the Council of Europe, according to the Council's secretary general, Walter Schwimmer, who spoke in Yerevan
- JUNE 24, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer categorically ruled out the possibility of allowing the death penalty to be imposed on those responsible for the Armenian parliamentary shootings saying that abolition of the death penalty was non-negot
- MAY 22, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October...
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October 27, 1999, was a premeditated coup d'etat, a victim, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for State and Legal Affairs Victor Dallakian stated at a court hearing on the case
- MAY 16, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with...
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with anyone on the abolition of the death penalty, the head of the Council of Europe's monitoring group, Pietro Ercole Ago, said at a press conference in Yerevan
- MAY 10, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should exercise maximum caution in its approach...
Armenia should exercise maximum caution in its approach to the issue of abolishing the death penalty, the Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Tigran Torosyan told reporters at the National Press Club
- MAY 3, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign...
The chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign relations, the head of the Armenian delegation in PACE Hovhanness Hovhannissian said that Armenia will sign the 13th protocol of the European convention on general human rights and freedom only after
- APRIL 25, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
Armenia was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 20, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian Parliament ratified the International...
The Armenian Parliament ratified the International Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms and the 1st, 4th and the 7th protocols following it
- MARCH 14, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The human rights commission set up by the Armenian...
The human rights commission set up by the Armenian president endorsed a report on the human rights situation in Armenia in 2001
- MARCH 9, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Gagik Tadevosyan, the chairman of the commission on...
Gagik Tadevosyan, the chairman of the commission on health, social security and ecology of the National Assembly of Armenia, said that there is a lot of discussion on banning the death penalty related to Armenia's entrance to the Council of Europe
- MARCH 6, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Italian ambassador to Armenia, Paolo Andrea Trabalza,...
The Italian ambassador to Armenia, Paolo Andrea Trabalza, asked in an interview with the Armenian newspaper Azg to what extent Armenia meets its commitments to the Council of Europe, said: "Concerning the governing of the country I should say that Armeni