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
- DECEMBER 14, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian MP and member of the PACE [Parliamentary Assembly...
Armenian MP and member of the PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] monitoring commission, Armen Rustamyan, noted that the country's president himself guaranteed resolution of the problem regarding the abolishment of capital punishment
- DECEMBER 11, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
During the session of the Monitoring Commission of...
During the session of the Monitoring Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Irena Belogorska, rapporteur on Armenia, expressed concern over the fact that some political forces in Armenia object to the abolition of capita
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The deputy chairman of the Armenian National Assembly...
The deputy chairman of the Armenian National Assembly described his recent visit to London as "extremely packed and useful"
- OCTOBER 19, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Rapporteurs of the monitoring commission of the Parliamentary...
Rapporteurs of the monitoring commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [PACE] met the National Assembly delegation for the Council of Europe, the National Assembly standing commissions and parliamentary factions and groups
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe must allow Armenia an exception...
The Council of Europe must allow Armenia an exception in the issue of capital punishment, the leader of the faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Aghvan Vardanyan, said
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The decision to admit Armenia to the Council of Europe...
The decision to admit Armenia to the Council of Europe was right, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [PACE] Lord Russell-Johnston told the Armenian parliament
- JULY 8, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan told a visiting...
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan told a visiting Council of Europe official in Yerevan that Armenia would not carry out death sentences
- APRIL 25, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Armenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- MARCH 28, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy speaker Tigran Torosyan said the Armenian parliament...
Deputy speaker Tigran Torosyan said the Armenian parliament needs to make changes in the special part of the Criminal Code concerning the abrogation of the death penalty as part of its responsibilities towards the Council of Europe
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The former Prime Minister of Armenia, Aram Sargsian...
The former Prime Minister of Armenia, Aram Sargsian said that the five perpetrators of the act of terrorism in the Armenian parliament, on February 27, 1999, in which his brother Vazgen Sargsian was killed, would be sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian Kurds protested in Yerevan demanding the resolution...
Armenian Kurds protested in Yerevan demanding the resolution of the Kurdish Cause and the liberation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to death in Turkey
- JANUARY 25, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was officially admitted to the Council of Europe
Armenia was officially admitted to the Council of Europe