Was born in the city of Yerevan on 20 April 1975.
EDUCATION
1997 Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University
2010 Graduated from the Master of Human Rights Programme at the University of Nottingham
Has passed professional training
2001 Participated in the training on “Property Law - Transitional Justice” hosted by the Institute of International Development Law (Rome)
2007 Participated in the training programme at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Warsaw
2009 Participated in the training programme at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Washington DC)
2010 Participated in the training programme at Hertie School of Management (Berlin)
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20 December 2022
Elected as the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court
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18 June 2019
Upon the nomination by the President of the Republic, elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia as the Justice of the Constitutional Court
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Since 2016
Lawyer registered at the International Criminal Court
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2014-2018
As an international expert of the Council of Europe (missions and expert activities in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Moldova), provided consultation on judicial-legal reforms for the Council of Europe bodies
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2013-2019
Served as the Lawyer/Attorney and legal adviser at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre, London
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2011-2015
Provided national and international legal expertise; as a training expert - regularly hosted trainings (organized by the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the European Union) for the lawyers, journalists and judges from Armenia, Central Europe and CIS Member States in respect to the material and procedural case-law of the ECHR
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2001-2019
Enrolled in advocacy/legal advisory activities, judicial representation in domestic courts (three-tier court system and Constitutional Court) and international instances (ECHR and Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe). In various capacities (representative of the applicant, member of the representative group or adviser to the representative) participated in more than 80 trials at the ECHR
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2001-2005
Worked as the Legal Advisor and Executive Director to Wright-Law Group LLC
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1999-2000
Worked as the Head of the Collateral Department, afterwards held the position of the Head of Legal Advice Department at “Armimpexbank” CJSC
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1996-1997
Served as the Lawyer at the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia
OTHER INFORMATION
In 1997-1998 Justice Grigoryan served in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.
Vahe Grigoryan is married and has two children.
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