Participants' discussion during the moot court – the photo was taken by Winfried Schubert, former President of the State Constitutional Court Saxony-Anhalt Armenia
In the simulated court or arbitration proceedings of a moot court, participants gain valuable practical experience by taking on different roles in court proceedings in their teams. The IRZ regularly supports the moot court format to promote teamwork, rhetoric and the legal ‘trade’ (legal research, methodology, etc.) and to offer interested students the opportunity to network. That is why the seventh criminal law moot court, organised by the IRZ and the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University, took place in Aghveran in November 2024.
Two teams from Yerevan State University, the team from Gavar FEMIDA State University (Aragatsotn region) and two teams from Yerevan French University were admitted to the IRZ moot court after a written selection process. At the end of the two-day event, the German-Armenian jury honoured the team from the law faculty of Yerevan State University with an award during a prize-giving ceremony. The celebratory closing event was attended by, among others, Mr Nerses Zejnalyan, adviser to the Minister of Justice, and Ms Tatevik Sudjyan, a representative of the Court of Cassation, as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harutjun Khachikyan.
Participants of the summer school in Yerevan. At the speakers' table (from left to right): Prof Anna Margaryan, Head of the Department of Criminal Law at Yerevan State University; Prof Harutjun Khachikyan, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University; Nelly Tumasyan, IRZ Project Coordinator in Armenia. Wall projection (from left to right): Amalia Wuckert, IRZ project manager Armenia; Tatiana Bovkun, Head of Section, IRZ. Armenia
The concept of guilt in German criminal law and undercover investigations as evidence were the topics of the summer school, which took place in hybrid form in Yerevan on July 1, 2024.
Around 35 students from the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University, the French and American Universities and the Police Academy took part in the event.
The main focus was on the concept of guilt in German criminal law, procedural requirements and means of establishing guilt, issues relating to the use of the results of undercover investigations as evidence and cooperation with undercover agencies, particularly with regard to criminal liability. The Armenian speakers took over the presentation of the Armenian legal situation.
Participants in the guest lecture in cooperation with the Academy of Justice of the Republic of Armenia on the topic “Fundamentals of Criminal Law - Judgement and Penalties (Sanctions, Security Measures and Alternative Measures)” on 16 May 2023. At the speaker's table (centre): Rector of the Academy of Justice, Sergey Arakelyan. Armenia
The Academy of Justice and the Faculty of Law of the State University of Yerevan are long-standing partner organisations of the IRZ in Armenia. As part of this cooperation, the IRZ held two guest lectures in hybrid and online format on 16 May 2023 on the “Fundamentals of criminal law - judgement and penalties (sanctions, security measures and alternative measures)”.
The events were primarily aimed at future judges, Public Prosecutors and the student body from all over Yerevan.
The two guest lectures are part of a series of events to support Armenian legal education and training.
The Rector of the Academy of Justice, Sergey Arakelyan, and the IRZ Project Manager, Amalia Wuckert, opened the guest lectures. In her lecture on this topic, Professor Anna R. Anna Margaryan, lecturer at the Academy of Justice and Deputy Dean of the Law Faculty of Yerevan State University, explained the situation in Armenia.
In addition to Amalia Wuckert, the second guest lecture was presented by the Dean of the Law Faculty of the State University of Yerevan, Professor Gagik Ghazinyan. The lecturer at the law faculty, Jenya Stepanyan, then reported on the situation in Armenia. The German expert at both lectures was the judge at the Local Court, Siegen Uwe Stark.
The most important topics and main topics of discussion of both guest lectures:
(Final) decisions in criminal procedure against adults and (preliminary) protective measures
Handing down sentences and relevant criteria
Features of criminal procedure against young people and adolescents
The participants of the two events took an active part in the lively discussions.
