Constitutional Court of Armenia

CIS Member State CoE Member State The Constitutional Court of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության սահմանադրական դատարան, romanized: Hayastani Hanrapetut'yan sahmanadrakan dataran) is the highest legal body for constitutional review in Armenia.

The Law on the Constitutional Court was adopted by the Armenian National Assembly on 20 November 1995 and was signed by President Levon Ter-Petrosyan on 6 December of that year.

The requirements for court membership are: • Armenian citizenship, age 35, no citizenship of another country • Higher legal-education qualifications or an academic degree in constitutional law, and 10 years of legal experience • Command of the Armenian language Members of the court may not be engaged in entrepreneurial activity, hold any office in state or local self-government bodies not related to his or her duties, hold any position in a commercial organization or engage in any other paid occupation, except for scientific, educational and creative work not hindering them from fulfilling the duties of court membership.

Members of the court must be dismissed if they 1) were absent three times within one year from court sessions without an excuse 2) have been unable to fulfill their powers for six months due to a temporary disability or other lawful reason, 4) express an opinion in advance on a case being reviewed or otherwise raise suspicions about their impartiality, or 5) are affected by disease or illness which prevents them from fulfilling their duties.

[2][3] On 1 September 2023, prime minister Nikol Pashinyan's administration sent the Rome Statute to the National Assembly for ratification.

[4] On 22 February 2023, the court participated in the European Union and Council of Europe's Partnership for Good Governance conference in Yerevan.

The stated aim of the conference is to encourage the implementation of judicial reform in Armenia, strengthen the independence of the judiciary, and align legal practices to European standards.