Today, on April 12, the National Assembly elected the RA human rights defender. The “Civil Agreement” faction presented the candidacy of Deputy Prosecutor General Anahit Manasyan. 69 out of 107 deputies participated in the voting and voted unanimously.
Iravaban.net presents her biography.
Anahit Manasyan was born on June 24, 1988.
Professional activity
2022 from April to August – senior legal expert of the “Strengthening the Justice System in Armenia” project implemented with the support of the EU,
From 2015 to now – Associate Professor of YSU Constitutional Law Chair,
2019 from January 2021 July – Vice-rector of the Academy of Justice,
2017 from February 2019 January – Vice-rector for scientific work of the Academy of Justice,
2016 from December 2018 March – Adviser of the RA Constitutional Court,
From 2014 to 2016 December – Senior Advisor to the President of the RA Constitutional Court,
2013-2014 – Adviser to the President of the RA Constitutional Court,
from 2014 to 2021 July – Lecturer at RA Academy of Justice,
In 2012 – internship at the Constitutional Court of Hungary.
2010-2015 – Lecturer of the Chair of Constitutional Law of Yerevan State University
2009 – 2013 – Assistant to the President of the RA Constitutional Court,
2008-2009 – Expert in the staff of the RA Minister of Justice.
Education:
2016 January-June – Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA,
2010-2013 – YSU Faculty of Law postgraduate course,
2008-2010 – Master’s degree (diploma of excellence) of YSU Faculty of Law,
2004-2008 – Bachelor’s degree (diploma of excellence) of YSU Faculty of Law.
Other data:
PHD in Law, Associate Professor,
Member of the Management Board of the RA Academy of Justice,
Chairman of the Ethics Commission under the RA Prosecutor General,
2022 from March 2022 November – Member of the Professional Committee on Constitutional Reforms,
2020 from August 2022 November – Member of the Judges Evaluation Committee,
2020 from January 2021 January – Member of the Professional Committee on Constitutional Reforms,
2021 from February to now – a member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal “JURIDICA” published in Ukraine,
2020 from January to now – member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal “Political Studies” published in Warsaw,
From 2019 to 2021 July – Armenian representative of the HELP remote platform of the Council of Europe
From 2015 to now – member of the 001 professional council of jurisprudence of the RA BOK at YSU.
From 2015 to 2019 – Scientific secretary of the 001 professional council of jurisprudence operating at YSU of the RA Higher Education Institution,
From 2016 to now – a member of the board of trustees of the international analytical center “Constitutional Culture”.
From 2014 to 2017 – Member of the state examination commission operating at YSU with the program “Theory of Law and Constitutional Law”,
From 2018 to 2021 February – Chairman of the state examination commission operating at YSU with the “Theory of Law and Constitutional Law” program.
From 2016 to 2017 – Member of the working group developing the draft RA constitutional law “On the Constitutional Court”,
from 2013 to 2020 – member of the editorial board of the regional “South Caucasus Legal Magazine”,
From 2012 to 2018 – Member of the publishing group of the Russian supplement of the bulletin of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia,
From 2012 to 2017 – Regional correspondent of the international scientific journal “Comparative Constitutional Theory” published in Moscow,
From 2008 to now – a member of the RA Union of Lawyers.
She is the author and co-author of 11 monographs, 4 educational manuals and more than 7 dozen scientific articles, which were published by prestigious Armenian and international publishing houses (including Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus). As an expert, she participated in the processes of preparing opinions, researches, manuals on a number of issues by various international structures (OECD, Council of Europe, UN, etc.), delivered lectures in the framework of several international seminars and in various foreign scientific and educational institutions (including: in Georgia, Hungary, Ukraine).
