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
- 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