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February 3, 2012

THE AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED KINGDOM VISITS THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

   On February 3rd the President of the RA Constitutional Court Mr. G. Harutyunyan had meeting with the newly appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Armenia Katherine Jane Leach.
   Mr. Harutyunyan introduced to the Ambassador the activities and the international relations of the Constitutional Court, some cases taken for examination and some decisions made by the Court.
   Ms. Leach with pleasure welcomed the fact, that henceforth the CC decisions would be published on the web page of the Constitutional Court in English as well.
   Both parties welcomed the tight relationship which exists between the RA Constitutional Court and the Embassy of the United Kingdom and expressed the willingness to continue effective cooperation.
   The discussion was mainly dedicated to the issues regarding to guaranteeing the supremacy of law, to the important role of the constitutional courts, to the cooperation with the European Court of Human Rights and also to some other issues of the mutual interest.
   The CC President wished success to the Ambassador in her new office.

CC RA Press service

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January 30, 2012

AXIOLOGICAL NATURE OF CONSTITUTIONALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL CULTURE
G.G. Harutyunyan, Professor, Doctor of Law, President of the RA CC
(in Russian, pdf, 0.2 mb)

January 25, 2012

The Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia

ON THE CASE CONCERNING THE DETERMINATION OF THE ISSUE REGARDING THE CONFORMITY OF THE POSITION “FROM THE MOMENT OF THE PRETRIAL INVESTIGATION” OF POINT 9, PART 1, ARTICLE 59 AND PART 1, ARTICLE 201 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA ON THE BASIS OF THE APPLICATION OF THE CITIZEN HASMIK HOVHANISSYAN

January 18, 2012

THE CONSTITUTIONALISM AS A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF LAW IN THE LEGAL STATE
G.G. Harutyunyan, Doctor of Law Science, Professor, Member of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
(in Russian, pdf, 0.4 mb)