Meet Ombudsman

Term of Office 2016 May - 2018 October

Ruben Melikyan

Born on  June 26, 1982 in Yerevan.

Education

  • 2008  June  – December : USA, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  • 2003-2006: Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics,  Postgraduate Study, Candidate of Law (equivalent to PhD)
  • 2001-2003: Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics, Master Degree in Law
  • 1997-2001: Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law, Bachelor Degree in Law.

Work Experience

  • 2016 May- 2018  November:  Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Artsakh
  • 2014-2016 : RA Academy of Justice, Rector (Chancellor)
  • 2012-2013:  Ministry of Justice of RA Deputy Minister of Justice of Republic of Armenia
  • 2009-2012: Advisor to the Chairman of the Court of Cassation
  • 2010 -current :Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law, department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics, Associate Professor
  • 2007-2009: Advisor to the Judge of the Court of Cassation, Senior    Assistant to the Chairman of the Criminal Chamber
  • 2006-2010 : Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics, Assistant Professor
  • 2005-2016: Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics, Lecturer

Term of Office 2018 October - 2020 December

Artak Beglaryan

Born on July 5, 1988, in Stepanakert.

Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh since 2018.

  • 2013 – 2018: PhD in Political Science, Institute for National Strategic Studies after Drastamat Kanayan, adjacent to the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.
  • 2016 May – July: PhD researcher at Fribourg University of Switzerland with grant of Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN).
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Term of Office 2008 April - 2016 May

Yuri Hayrapetyan

Born on 26 october 1954 in Stepanakert.

  • 1983 - Graduated from the correspondence department of the Law faculty of Yerevan State University
  • 1962-1972 - Studied at Stepanakert secondary school No 3.
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Elected in March 2021

Gegham Stepanyan

Born on July 22, 1991 in the city of Stepanakert.

  • 2009-2011 served in the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh
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