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
- JULY 12, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is for the abolition...
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is for the abolition of death penalty in Armenia, RPA Chairman and Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian stated at the RPA's 8th congress
- APRIL 30, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian President Kocharian signed a new Criminal...
Armenian President Kocharian signed a new Criminal Code, which had been approved by the National Assembly on April 18, and the law on enactment of the new Criminal Code starting from August 1, 2003
- APRIL 24, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Armenia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 22, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian...
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian parliament to lift the death penalty for most crimes as a step in the right direction towards Armenian membership of the council
- APRIL 17, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian parliament passed the third reading of...
The Armenian parliament passed the third reading of the new criminal code, which abolishes capital punishment and replaces it with life imprisonment
- APRIL 8, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe insisted that Armenia ratify...
The Council of Europe insisted that Armenia ratify by June 2003 the 6th protocol to the European Human Rights Convention that envisages the full repeal of death penalty, the head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of E
- APRIL 5, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armen Martirossian, Armenian Deputy Minister for Foreign...
Armen Martirossian, Armenian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, announced at a seminar held in Tsakhkadzor that there should be unanimous backing for the abolition of capital punishment from Armenia's legislation