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 28, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment in Armenia should be replaced by...
Capital punishment in Armenia should be replaced by life imprisonment, Arthur Bagdasaryan, Orinats Erkir (Legal state) parliamentary faction leader told the national press-club
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
612 military men were convicted in Armenia in 2001,...
612 military men were convicted in Armenia in 2001, of whom 20% were officers
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian National Assembly is to ratify the European...
The Armenian National Assembly is to ratify the European Convention on Human Rights and the provision of its sixth protocol to unconditionally abolish capital punishment, as the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided that all member-count
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
It is necessary to keep the death penalty as the capital...
It is necessary to keep the death penalty as the capital punishment for grave crimes, the leader of People's Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchian stated in the interview with the radio station Freedom, touching upon the problem of the abolition of the capit
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Albert Bazeyan, leader of the opposition Anrapetutyun...
Albert Bazeyan, leader of the opposition Anrapetutyun Party, said that the issue of the death penalty is not a problem that must be settled only by parliament
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Vice Speaker of Armenia's Parliament Gagik Aslanyan...
The Vice Speaker of Armenia's Parliament Gagik Aslanyan discussed the death penalty with Italy's Ambassador to Armenia Paolo Andrea Trabalza
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Various parliamentary factions stated their support...
Various parliamentary factions stated their support for the abolition of the death penalty at a parliamentary briefing, however all said that an exception must be made for the terrorists accused of the October 27, 1999 attack on the Armenian Parliament
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Party of Armenia (PPA) considers the abolition...
The People's Party of Armenia (PPA) considers the abolition of capital punishment premature in a country where top-ranking officials recently fell victim to terror
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly...
The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Gagik Aslanyan is against abolition of capital punishment in the country
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
An Armenian accused of spying for Turkey could face...
An Armenian accused of spying for Turkey could face the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
There are currently 38 people on death row in Armenia
There are currently 38 people on death row in Armenia
- JANUARY 29, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted...
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted to the monitoring commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, established that the country made definite progress in meeting its commitments to the Council of Europe