Print
28.02.2018
Biography of Chair of RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs and Protection of Human Rights Gevorg Kostanyan
1 / 1

He was born on October 4, 1977 in Yerevan.

After finishing the secondary school in 1994 he entered the Law Department of Yerevan State University and in 1999 graduated from it

In 2006 he studied at the University of Nottingham of Great Britain.

He became Doctor of Philosophy and Law of the RA NAS (National Academy of Sciences) Institute.

In 1999-2001 he served in the RA Armed Forces.

During the same period he was Post Graduate of Yerevan State University (YSU), became Candidate of Law.

In 1995-1999 he was First-Class Counsellor at the Department of Legal Affairs of the RA Ministry of Justice.

In 2001-2003 he was Adviser to the RA Minister of Justice.

In 2002-2013 he was Lecturer at YSU Faculty of Law.

In 2003-2005 he was Lecturer in RA Police Academy.

In 2003-2004 he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the RA Ministry of Justice.

In 2006 he was Adviser to the RA Minister of Justice.

In 2006-2008 he was RA Deputy Minister of Justice.

In 2008-2011 he worked Assistant to the RA President.

In 2011-2013 he was RA Military Prosecutor, RA Deputy Prosecutor General.

Since 2013 he was Member of the Professional Commission on Constitutional Reforms adjunct to the RA President.

In 2013-2016 he worked as RA Prosecutor General.

Since 2004 until now he is the RA Representative European Court of Human Rights.

From January to April 2017 he is the RA President’s Adviser.

Since 2017 until now he is the RA NA deputy.

He is Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Second Class State Adviser of Justice.

His diploma work of YSU Legal Law is The Bribe and Responsibility for it.

The study theme of the University of Nottingham of Great Britain is Implementation of European Convention for Human Rights.

The post-graduate theme of Legal Sciences is the Constitutional-Legal Status of the RA National Assembly.

The theme of the Doctor of the Legal Sciences is The Concept of the RA Courts and Its Borders in the Context of the European Convention Settlement (arrest, detention and fair judicial examination).

He is married, with two children. He is non-partisan.


24.09.2024
Gaps and misunderstandings in some provisions of the law on Phytosanitary to be regulated
Gaps and misunderstandings in some provisions of the law on Phytosanitary will be regulated by the adoption of the legislative package. During the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection convened on September 2...

24.09.2024
Civil Contract Faction presents Levon Sahakyan’s candidacy for vacant seat of Council member of Central Bank: Issue debated in Committee
At the sitting of September 24, the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs debated Levon Sahakyan’s candidacy presented by the Civil Contract Faction for the vacant seat of the Board member of the Central Bank and the issue of proposing a candidate for that position to the Nati...

24.09.2024
Agreement aimed at repairing roads and providing lighting of Gyumri
At the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs the Deputy Minister of the RA Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan presented for debate the amendment on the Loan Agreement regarding the transformation of the Gyumri Center.The draft on Ra...

24.09.2024
Voting on package of drafts postponed for up to 2 months
The proposed amendments are conditioned by the amendments made in the Agreement on common principles and rules for the circulation of medical devices in the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union adopted on December 23, 2014 and in the European Economic Community (EEC) decisions regulating the sec...

24.09.2024
It is proposed to provide an additional reward fund for enforcement service
The reward is related to the maximum quality, proper and timely performance of the enforcement officer's work. The current workload of this service and the achieved results indicate that this is a successful pilot programme. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Levon Balyan said this while presenting t...

24.09.2024
Delegation of NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport is on a working visit in Georgia
On September 23-25, the delegation led by the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport led by Sisak Gabrielyan, which comprises of the Deputy Chair of the Committee Taguhi Ghazaryan, the members Hasmik Hakobyan and Hakob Aslanyan.The Armenian pa...