Constitutional Court

Forcing people to fund their own Covid testing is unconstitutional, Armenia's Constitutional Court rules

Coronavirus

December 24, 2021

Constitutional Court of Armenia found compulsory testing funded by citizens unconstitutional. The ruling came in response to the opposition Hayastan faction's appeal

Armenian opposition MPs released after Constitutional Court ruling

Politics in Armenia

December 11, 2021

In Armenia, three opposition National Assembly MPs were released from arrest. The day before, the Constitutional Court ruled that their detention was illegal.

Armenia’s Constitutional Court to assess validity of snap parliamentary elections

2021 Parliamentary Elections in Armenia

July 10, 2021

Armenia'a Constitutional Court to consider invalidating the results of the early parliamentary elections upon request of four opposition blocs

Why the Armenian gov’t has waited two years to reform the judicial system

July 10, 2020

The public is still awaiting promised reforms, the opposition criticizes the administration’s decisions and fears that courts will continue to answer to orders ‘from above’

Armenian constitutional amendments, disputed by opposition, human rights activists come into force

June 27, 2020

Those who the amendments pertain to are also unhappy – three judges and the chairman of the Constitutional Court, who have all lost their posts due to the changes.

Former Armenian president recently released from prison withdraws appeal case to Constitutional Court concerning criminal case charges against him

June 26, 2020

Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers say he made this decision so as to not prevent the opposition from going to the highest court regarding constitutional amendments adopted by the ruling political party

Armenian parliament makes moves to resolve Constitutional Court crisis – without a referendum

Corruption scandals in Armenia

June 22, 2020

The ruling majority adopted a draft amendment to the Constitution, according to which the chairman of the Constitutional Court, elected under the previous government, will resign. The opposition boycotted the parliamentary session

Fate of Armenian Constitutional Court decided not by referendum, but by parliamentary majority

Corruption scandals in Armenia

June 03, 2020

MPs have passed a bill which may cancel the referendum on constitutional amendments and is expected to go into effect as soon as the state of emergency is lifted

Armenia: the battle for the Constitutional Court. Video

February 21, 2020

How and why the "new" authorities are trying to remove the head of the Constitutional Court and it’s judges from the previous government - a two-minute chronology of events

Georgia may abolish prison as punishment for growing marijuana

January 30, 2020

Marijuana use is legal in Georgia, but cannot be legally obtained. Girchi political movement appeals to constitutional court.

Armenian Constitutional Court judges offered pension equal to salary for early retirement in bid to ‘reclaim court’

December 10, 2019

The head of the Constitutional Court is the government’s main target in its newest attempt at dealing with the body’s connections to the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia

Armenian parliament intends to replace head of Constitutional Court

October 05, 2019

Details: what Hrayr Tovmasyan has been accused of, why the majority of MPs are ready to have him replaced

Court denies bail for Armenian ex-president

Robert Kocharyan

September 20, 2019

The last attempt by lawyers to free ex-president Kocharyan failed. All the details of the case of the second president, what he is accused of and why he expected to walk free