Retour Davit KHACHATURYAN

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Davit KHACHATURYAN

Justice, Constitutional Court of Armenia

 
Born in 1975 in Yerevan, Armenia

 

EDUCATION

  • 1997 - Graduated from the Law Faculty of Yerevan State University (Diploma with Honours)
  • 1997 - Post-graduate Program at the Chair of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of the Law Faculty of Yerevan State University
  • 2000 - Defended his PhD thesis at the Scientific Council of Yerevan State University on the "Independence of Judges in the Republic of Armenia: guarantees of judicial organization and criminal procedure"

 

ACADEMIC DEGREE, TITLE

Candidate of Law Sciences

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

  • 2000 – 2005 Cassation Court of the Republic of Armenia
  • 2000–2003 Legal Adviser of the Council of Court Chairmen of Armenia (Judicial Training Center of the Republic of Armenia)
  • Since 2003 Senior Advisor at the Council of Court Chairmen
  • 2005 Senior Specialist at the Legal Expertise Department. He also coordinated the issues of international relations of the judiciary, developed the anti-corruption program of the Armenian judiciary, coordinated the monitoring of its implementation and the creation of the website (www.armenian-judiciary.am) and of the first publications of the decisions of the Cassation Court
  • 2003 – 2006 Head of the Legal Aid Program in Armenia /EU funded and UNDP implemented Southern Caucasus Anti-Drug Program/
  • 2006 - 2013 US Embassy in Armenia
  • 2006 - Program Assistant of the U.S. International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (under the U.S. Department of State)
  • 2007-2013 - Legal Specialist of the U.S. Department of Justice
  • January-December 2014 Vice-Rector and professor of the Academy of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
  • June 2015 – December 2016 National Legal expert of “Strengthening health care and human rights protection in prisons in Armenia” Project
  • 2015 – 2017 Expert on Rule of law/Justice of Altair Asesores SL / European Commission under EU funded project: ENP Progress Reports and Assessment Reports on Armenia's Compliance with GSP+ obligations
  • 2016 Senior non-key expert on Rule of law/Justice of DADA 6 OU /European commission under EU funded project “Development and Strategic Studies”
  • 2016 – January 2021 Member of the Armenian Bar
  • 22 January 2021 Member of the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Armenia (elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia)
  • 30 October 2023 Upon the Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia, he was appointed as a Judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Cassation Court of the Republic of Armenia
  • 29 March 2024 Elected and nominated to the Parliament as a Candidate for the position of Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia by the General Assembly of Judges (by secret ballot)
  • 21 May 2024 Elected as a Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

 

SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY

2004 Lecturer (in Russian) at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (special courses on "The accused and the defender in criminal proceedings", and "Problems of preliminary investigation")

2008 - 2013 Lecturer at the “School of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia” SNCO

2014 Developed and taught of courses: a) "Foundations and current trends of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)"; b) "Current issues of the ECtHR case law in criminal matters" and c) "Current issues of judicial development of the law" - for judicial candidates, prosecutorial candidates, acting judges and acting prosecutors at the Academy of Justice of the Republic of Armenia

2017 Lecturer at the “School of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia” (“Appeal of judicial acts” courses)

2013 – 2020 Developed and taught courses for the Master Program at the Chair of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of the Law Faculty of Yerevan State University:  a) “European standards for the human rights protection in criminal proceedings” and b) “Lawyers’ Professional Skills”

 

OTHER INFORMATION

Participation in dozens of trainings, scientific and practical conferences in different countries (USA, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Albania, etc.), including:

    • Training course on "Investigation and Prosecution of Official Corruption" at the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI), April 8-12, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Training course "For lawyers of Russia and CIS countries on international human rights law" organized by the Centre de la protection internationale, October 15-21, 2017, Strasbourg, France

As an expert, presented the current issues of the judicial and legal system of Armenia from the perspective of the international commitments undertaken by the Republic of Armenia, delivering public statements at different platforms, including:

    • Session of the UN Committee against Torture (2016, Geneva, Switzerland)
    • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2011, Washington, D.C., U.S.)
    • 2012-2013, 2015-2018, European Parliament, European Commission Brussels, Belgium – Advocacy visits dedicated to Armenia's honouring its commitments under the European Neighbourhood Policy, etc

Fluent in Russian and English at the level of an interpreter (2015-2020 - simultaneous interpretation services on legal topics to the Council of Europe, the US Embassy in Armenia, and other organizations on a contractual basis)

 

Khachaturyan is married and has two children.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Author of more than 30 scientific publications, including 6 monographs, the most relevant of which are as follows:

Co-author of:

  • "Commentaries to the Constitution", 2009
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