Education, scientific-research activities
1991 - 1996: Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law
1997, July: New York University, School of Law, Study Course on the Rule of Law
1996 - 1999: Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law, Post-graduate Course
1999: Ph.D (Moscow, Scientific-Research Institute of the Prosecutors Office of the Russian Federation), “Homicides in the sphere of domestic relationships and their prevention in the Republic of Armenia”
2008, February-March: «Serious Organized Crimes Agency» of the United Kingdom, Study Course on the AML and TF, (Harlo, Great Britain)
2014: Doctor of Legal Sciencies, “Violent Crimes in the Republic of Armenia” (Supreme Certifying Commission of the RA, Specialized Board 001, YSU)
Scientific degree, title
Doctor of Legal Sciencies, Professor
Work Experience
28 June 2016 up to now: Rector of the Academy of Justice
2015 up to now: Professor of the YSU Department of Criminal Law, Lecturer of the Academy of Justice
2016 May-June: Advisor to the Chief of Special Investigation Service of RA
2014 - 2016: Chief of the Investigation Activities Advanced Organization Department of Special Investigation Service of RA
2006 - 2015: Docent of the YSU Department of Criminal Law; Director of the YSU Law Library; Coordinator of the YSU Faculty of Law Career Center
2004 - 2006: Scientific Secretary of the YSU
2000 - 2004: Legal Advisor to the “Women's Rights Center” NGO
1998 - 2004: Assistant of the YSU Department of Criminal Law; Director of the YSU Law Library
1996 - 1998: Legal Advisor to the Armenian Development Bank
Professional Interests
Human rights, domestic violence, violent crimes, crimes against person, trafficking, crimes against computer information security, prevention of torture, criminality of officials, issues of the fight against criminality, problems of sentencing, methodology of criminological research
Foreign Languages
Russian, English
Other Information
Member of the Bar Association of the Republic of Armenia
Member of the Qualification Commission adjunct to the Prosecutor General of the RA
Member of Attestation Commission of the Special Investigation Service of RA
National Expert of the Council of Europe Programm “Supporting the Criminal Justice Reform and Combating Ill-Treatment and Impunity in Armenia”
Chief Editor of the trilingual scientific-practical journal "Bulletin of the Academy of Justice", Member of editorial staffs of scientific-practical publications “State and Law”, “Judicial Power”, “Justice”, “Bulwark of Law”, “Herald of the National Prosecution Academy of Ukraine”, “Journal of the National Institute of Justice of the Republic of Moldova”
Member of Working Group Preparing the Concept and Draft of New Criminal Code of the RA
Scientific Supervisor of more than 10 Candidates of Legal Sciencies
Author and co-author of several monographs, textbooks, scientific and practical comments, published in the Republic of Armenia and foreign countries (Federal Republic of Germany, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Georgia)
Honors
Medal of the Prime Minister of RA
Medal “Prevention, Support, Rescue” of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of RA
Medal “For Cooperation” of Investigative Committee of RA
Medal "For Cooperation" of Special Investigative Service of RA
Medal "100th anniversary of the Prosecutor's Office of RA"
Medal "For strengthening the Cooperation" of Police of the RA
Medal of the National Academy of Public Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine
“Gratitude” of the chief of Special Investigation Service of RA
(+374 60) 71-02-50
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