Curriculum vitae
Education
and academic and other qualifications
Yerevan State University, Department of
Law
(Yerevan, Armenia), 1988 – 1993
Diploma with Honour in Law
St-Petersburg State University
(St-Petersburg, Russia), 1993 – 1996
PhD (International Human Rights)
University of California/Berkeley
(Berkeley, USA), 1999
Certificate of completion of the Junior
Faculty Training Program in Public International Law
Central
European University
Constitutional and Legal Policy
Institute, (Budapest, Hungary) 2000
Certificate of completion of course on
European Human Rights
University of Cambridge
(Cambridge, UK) 2001
Visiting Scholar
Helsinki
Foundation for Human Rights
(Warsaw, Poland) 2005
Certificate
of completion the course “Strategic Litigation and Court Monitoring”
Professional
activities
Yerevan State University
1996-2006 Lecturer of constitutional and
international law, associate professor
2006- to date Founding Head of the Chair
of European and International Law
Being a lecturer and then the Head of the
Chair I was responsible for teaching number of courses on International,
European and Human Rights Law, developing new courses and curricula,
elaborating and providing in-depth training for the staff, which led to the establishment
of a new Chair of European and International Law and the first in the region
master program on International and European Law. I am the author of more than
38 publications, including textbooks on International Law and Case Law of ECHR.
Bar Association of the Republic of
Armenia
1998-2008 Executive Director
2008- to date Vice-President
Being the Executive Director and then the
Vice-President of Bar Association I am responsible for the development and the implementation
of programs and projects in the fields of legal and judicial reforms, protection
of human rights and legal education.
Presidential Commission on Constitutional
amendments
1999-2003 Member
Being a member of the Commission I participated
in the development and the adoption of the amendments to the Armenian
Constitution, besides I am the author of a number of successfully adopted
amendments to the Constitution concerning to human
rights guarantees and legal reforms.
Council of Europe
Advisory Committee of Framework
Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
2004-2008 Member in respect of the
Republic of Armenia
Being a member of the Advisory Committee
of FCNM participated in the process of evaluating the implementation of the
Framework Convention in State Parties. This included the following:
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examination
of State Reports and other sources of information as well as meetings on the
spot with governmental interlocutors, civil society representatives and other
relevant parties;
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preparation
of detailed country-specific reports reflecting the results of the evaluation;
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participation
in drafting thematic commentaries on different aspects of Framework convention.
European Commission against Racism and
Intolerance
2001- to date Member
in respect of the Republic of Armenia
Being a member of ECRI, which is
entrusted with the task to fight against racism and intolerance in Europe from
the perspective of the protection of human rights, in the light of the European
Convention on Human Rights, its additional protocols and related case-law, I am
involved in ECRI’s main statutory activities:
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country monitoring,
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work on general themes,
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relations with the civil society and specialized bodies.
“National
Centre for Professional Education Quality Assurance” Foundation
2010- to date Member of Governing Body
Projects
Access to Justice in Armenia,
The
project was implemented by Bar Association of the Republic of Armenia
1999-2008
Project
Coordinator
Being the project
coordinator I was responsible for the following:
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establishment and functioning of the Public
Centre for Legal Aid, development and expansion of free legal services to
vulnerable groups in Yerevan and in the regions of
Armenia;
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regular overview and analysis of the applied
cases;
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development of the policy on free legal aid
in Armenia and public advocacy for establishment of public defender
institution.
As a result, more than 12,000 individuals were
provided by free legal assistance and the law on Office of the Public Defender
was adopted.
Training
for Lawyers on Case Law of ECHR,
The
project was implemented by Bar Association of the Republic of Armenia
2003-2006
Project
Director
Being the Project
Coordinator I was responsible for elaborating and organizing in-depth training
program for legal professionals and human rights activists on case law of
European Court of Human Rights.
As a result, a network of qualified ECHR lawyers and human rights
organizations was established.
Court
Monitoring in Armenia,
The
project was implemented by the Armenian Institute for Development
2005-2006
Project
Director
Being the Project
Director I was responsible for:
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developing methodology, ethical standards and
control mechanisms for court monitoring process;
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organization of training of the people
engaged in monitoring and supervising the monitoring process;
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leading the process of summarizing and analysis of
the results of systematic and thematic monitoring in the context of the Armenian
legislation and case law of ECHR.
As a
result, a detailed report on implementation of ECHR standards by Armenian
courts was published.
Strategic
Human Rights Litigation in the Southern Caucasus,
The project
was implemented by the Armenian Institute for Development
2006-2010
Project
Director
Being the director
of the project, I was responsible for its implementation which was aimed at the
development of the capacity of local organisations of human rights and lawyers
for effectively proceeding the protection of human rights by applying to ECHR
thereby improving the national legal practice.
My
responsibilities included the followings:
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selection of the cases based on the facts of constitutional
and international norms’ violations from various sources, including NGOs and
theirs networks;
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implementation of public advocacy tools such
as press conferences, presentations and public discussions for each case;
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facilitating the process of pursuing the
cases and their submission to the European Court of Human Rights.
Publications
40 publications, including
“Criminal Law of the Republic of
Armenia”, Textbook, Yerevan University Press, 2012
(co-author)
“Case-Law of European Court of Human
Rights”, Textbook,
Yerevan University Press, 2011, 1087 p.
“Protection of National Minorities in
the Case-Law of ECHR”, Yerevan
University Press, 2010, 208 p.
“Commentaries on the Constitution of the
Republic of Armenia”, Yerevan,
2010 (co-author)
“The development of European standards
in the field of fight against racism and intolerance” // “Jurist
of Ukraine”, 2010, N1
“The dynamics of development of
contemporary mechanisms of protection of human and minority rights at the
universal level” // “Law and State”, Moscow, 2009, N 2(50)
“Right to fair trial in judicial
system of Armenia”, Yerevan
University Press, 2009 (co-author)
“Constitutional reforms in the context
of human rights” // “Tesaket”, 2003, N11
“Public International Law”, Textbook,
2002, 502 p.
“Implementation of Norms of
International Humanitarian Law”,
Russian Yearbook of International Law, 2000
Membership of professional bodies:
- Member
of the Board of Armenian Association of International Law
- Member
of the Board of Armenian Association of European Studies
- Member
of the Editorial Council of the “Moscow Journal of International Law”
- Member
of the Editor’s Board of the “State and Law” Law Review
- Member
of the Editor’s Board of the “Eurasian Legal Journal"