Meri Navasardyan, Managing Director of the German Economic Association Armenia (left); Dr Markus J. Weyer, Managin Director WEYER Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (3rd from left); Dr Christian Groß, in-house lawyer and Managing Director of the Arbitration Court of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGH) (4th from left); Tanja Galander, Lawyer and Partner, GvW Graf von Westphalen (2nd from left).Copyright DWV Armenia
Commercial law issues are once again gaining in importance in IRZ measures in our partner countries.
One example of this is the conference held in Armenia in December, which dealt with the topics of international arbitration, export and import contracts, and the protection of foreign investments.
In addition to German experts from the business sector, the German Business Association in Armenia (DWV) also participated as an official partner of the AHK on site and as a representative of the interests of German business.
Overall, the symposium contributed to strengthening mutual understanding of civil and commercial law, particularly against the backdrop of traditionally good German-Armenian trade relations. Consultations to support the Armenian economy and Armenian commercial law are therefore to be continued in the coming year.
From left to right: Lilit Muradyan, resident of the Notarial Chamber of the Republic of Armenia; Dr Lovro Tomasic representative of the Federal Chamber of Notaries for International Affairs; Tatiana Bovkun, IRZ-Head of Section Armenia
We would like to thank Dr Lovro Tomasic, representative of the Federal Chamber of Notaries for International Affairs and member of the Executive Board and the working group ‘International Organisations’ of the International Union of Notaries (UINL), as well as member of the Board of Trustees of IRZ, for a highly successful event on 25/26 October 2025 in Artavaz.
The seminar on the application of conflict-of-law rules in notarial practice and the role of notaries in real estate transactions, with special consideration given to anti-money laundering obligations, took place in the remote region of Kotayk so that as many participants as possible from the regions of Armenia could attend. This enabled the IRZ to facilitate the participation of 60 notaries from nine of Armenia's ten regions and Yerevan, as well as three employees of the Armenian Ministry of Justice.
IRZ has been working with the Armenian Chamber of Notaries since 2011, with the support of the Federal Chamber of Notaries. The President of the Notarial Chamber of the Republic of Armenia, Lilit Muradyan, therefore reported on the latest developments and reforms in the notarial system in Armenia. As Armenian inheritance law is to be reformed and German law is to serve as a model, the discussion was particularly stimulating.
From left to right: Yeghiazar Avagyan, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, Grigor Elizbaryan, Stellv. Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, Mane Markosyan, Advisor to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia (Copyright: Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia) Armenia
Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) states that no one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Prosecutors in the Armenian military who are responsible for ensuring the legality of investigations into violence against military personnel must also receive comprehensive training on the interpretation of this prohibition. The Republic of Armenia is also pursuing this goal in point 2.6 of the action plan of its National Strategy for the Protection of Human Rights.
On 27 September 2025, the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, Mr Yeghiazar Avagyan, the Military Prosecutor of the Republic of Armenia and the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, Mr Grigor Elizbaryan, discussed with German expert Mr Kristijan Vlasic, Public Prosecutor at the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor's Office and Captain of the Reserve (Bundeswehr), and Dr Janna Liedtke, Judge at the Duisburg Labour Court, ways of promoting modern and international standards in the application of criminal law in Armenia.
Subsequently, and on the following day, training sessions and lectures were held at the request of the Armenian Attorney General's Office for military prosecutors, students of the military academy and other members of the public prosecutor's office. They received information on how to recognise different forms of torture and ill-treatment and how to investigate them effectively, taking into account legal, ethical and practical considerations. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the two speakers, Mr Grigor Elizbaryan and Mr Kristijan Vlasic and Dr. Liedtke, for their interesting presentations.
