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
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Several hundreds of Armenian Kurds held a rally to...
Several hundreds of Armenian Kurds held a rally to express their support of the PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan when the European Court for Human Rights Protection began to hear Ocalan's appeal against his death sentence
- NOVEMBER 21, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Gagik Arutyunyan, chairman of the Armenian Constitutional...
Gagik Arutyunyan, chairman of the Armenian Constitutional Court, addressing a seminar held at the Constitutional Court on the subject of the Armenian constitution's conformity to the regulations of the European convention to protect human rights and basic
- JULY 28, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Gang members Armen Ter Sahakian and his cousin Alik...
Gang members Armen Ter Sahakian and his cousin Alik Grigorian were sentenced to capital punishment with complete confiscation of property
- JULY 17, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation...
The head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner in Yerevan met lawmakers to discuss alternative military service, the abolition of capital punishment and the freedom of conscienc
- JULY 17, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy parliament speaker Gagik Aslanyan speaking at...
Deputy parliament speaker Gagik Aslanyan speaking at a meeting with the head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said that people and authorities in Armenia are unanimous in their understanding of the need to bring democrati
- JULY 3, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of Armenia's National Assembly, Armen...
The chairman of Armenia's National Assembly, Armen Khachatryan said that by joining the Council of Europe Armenia had committed itself to human rights and would thus do its utmost to abolish capital punishment in the country
- JUNE 28, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the CE voted in favour...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the CE voted in favour of the admission of Armenia to the Council
- MAY 18, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Ruben Torosyan, the chairman of the Social Democratic...
Ruben Torosyan, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Armenia Human Rights, said that the relevant structures of the CE were postponing the discussion of Armenian membership
- MAY 5, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Mikhail Shpindeleger, rapporteur of the Commission...
Mikhail Shpindeleger, rapporteur of the Commission for Human Rights and Legal Issues of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CE), speaking on the issue of Armenia's membership, said that the Commission was delighted, surprised and pleased
- APRIL 3, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Vano Siradegyan, 54, former Armenian interior minister...
Vano Siradegyan, 54, former Armenian interior minister and Republican Member of Parliament, was placed under arrest by a Court of First Instance in Yerevan
- MARCH 4, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Razmik Azarian, chairman of the Chamber of Appeals...
Razmik Azarian, chairman of the Chamber of Appeals on criminal and military cases, on the question of the abolition of the death penalty said that in his opinion this issue should be solved by a national referendum
- FEBRUARY 21, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian justice minister David Arutyunyan expressed...
Armenian justice minister David Arutyunyan expressed support for the demand by the CE to repeal the death penalty as capital punishment in Armenia