Opening of the event/Welcome address, (from right to left): Artak Poghosyan, Deputy Head of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic of Armenia, Senior Public Prosecutor Gerhard Brinker, Hamburg Public Prosecutor's Office and Nelly Tumasyan, IRZ representative in Armenia - Copyright: Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia Armenia
Combating corruption is an important topic for the IRZ's work in the partner states, and it is also a high priority for the Armenian government, which is why the IRZ has been supporting it in this area for many years. The Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic of Armenia, established in October 2021, is now also one of the IRZ's cooperation partners, with whom it conducted a training course on investigation methods for corruption-related crimes in Yerevan in November 2024 at the committee's express request. There, the participants acquired valuable knowledge about methods and tools for combating corruption. Artak Poghosyan, Deputy Head of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic of Armenia, gave a lecture on the investigation methods used for corruption-related crimes in Armenia. The IRZ expert Gerhard Brinker, Senior Public Prosecutor at the Hamburg Public Prosecutor's Office, addressed topics such as money laundering and the detection of money laundering systems.
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.
