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
- FEBRUARY 15, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Kurds living in Yerevan organized a mass procession...
Kurds living in Yerevan organized a mass procession through Yerevan's streets to mark the first anniversary of the arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Ovanes Ovanesyan, the Chairman of the Parliamentary...
Ovanes Ovanesyan, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations, speaking in favour of the abolition of the death penalty in Armenia, said that in his opinion the issue should be decided by a national referendum
- JANUARY 25, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Viktor Dallakian, the chairman of the State Legal Commission...
Viktor Dallakian, the chairman of the State Legal Commission of Armenia's National Assembly, said there were 32 prisoners condemned to death
- JANUARY 18, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Karabakh's president Arkadiy Ghoukassian signed a decree...
Karabakh's president Arkadiy Ghoukassian signed a decree granting amnesty to 16 prisoners following a petition
- JANUARY 11, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Several thousand Kurds held a rally in downtown Yerevan...
Several thousand Kurds held a rally in downtown Yerevan in protest against the capital punishment imposed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan