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 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should built state without death penalty, advisor...
Armenia should built state without death penalty, advisor to RA minister of home affairs, head of task force of reformation of RA Criminal Code Mikael Grigoryan said
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Nikolay Arustamyan, a representative of the Armenian...
Nikolay Arustamyan, a representative of the Armenian Justice Ministry, said that today there were 42 people sentenced to death and expecting their sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment in connection with the death penalty moratorium announced in Ar
- OCTOBER 24, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Rimma Demirchyan, the widow of National Assembly Speaker...
Rimma Demirchyan, the widow of National Assembly Speaker Karen Demirchyan, who also was killed in the act of terrorism in the 1999 Armenian parliament, described as "unacceptable" the fulfilment of the Council of Europe's requirement on lifting death pena
- OCTOBER 22, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
"We should spare no efforts to cancel death sentence...
"We should spare no efforts to cancel death sentence legally", Vardan Oskanian, minister of foreign affairs of RA, said
- OCTOBER 7, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian held a meeting...
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian held a meeting with Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Alvares Jil-Robles
- OCTOBER 4, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
A seminar was held at the Armenian Strategic and National...
A seminar was held at the Armenian Strategic and National Research Center to discus issues concerning the European convention of defence of human rights and freedom and problems concerning the ratification of the 6th protocol of the convention by Armenia,
- OCTOBER 3, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights Alvaro...
Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights Alvaro Gil-Robles drew the attention of the Armenian authorities to the need to abolish the death penalty which, he said, is of great importance to the Council of Europe
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the parliamentary Unity faction, Galust...
The head of the parliamentary Unity faction, Galust Saakyan, said that the Council of Europe should take a respectful view of the opinion of the Armenian public, who favour the death penalty for the perpetrators of the act of terrorism in the Armenian par
- AUGUST 21, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Commission,...
The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Commission, Irena Belogorska nd Yerzhi Yaskernya met with the relatives of the members of the Armenian Government and of the Armenian deputies killed as a result of the October '99 terrorist act in the Armenian Pa
- JULY 12, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe secretary-general Walter Schwimmer,...
Council of Europe secretary-general Walter Schwimmer, on a three-day visit to Armenia, made it abundantly clear that the fact that the country is moving in the "right direction" in terms of fulfilling its obligations to the Council of Europe does not yet
- 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