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Sukiasyan Varazdat

PhD of Law, lecturer

About

Education and Academic Degrees
2020 — Candidate of Legal Sciences (Specialty ԺԲ.00.04)
Dissertation: “Problems of Protection of Legally Protected Secrets in the Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Armenia”

2018–2020 — Postgraduate Studies, Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Institute of Law, Russian-Armenian University
2016–2018 — Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Law (Master’s Degree)
2012–2016 — Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Law (Bachelor’s Degree)

Additional Education / Training
2020 — Certified Tutor, Council of Europe HELP Programme (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals)
2019 — Certificate of Achievement, Network East-West Summer Exchange Programme, Humboldt University, Berlin
2022 — Summer School on the Rule of Law, SWPS University & University of Oslo, Sopot, Poland
Professional Activity
Since 2025 — Member of the Qualification Commission of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia
Since 2023 — Chief Specialist, Legal Expertise Service, Staff of the Court of Cassation of the Republic of Armenia
2020 — Lecturer, Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Russian-Armenian University
2018–2023 — Assistant to the Chair of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation of RA
2017–2018 — Specialist, Department for the Protection of Social, Economic and Cultural Rights, Office of the Human Rights Defender of RA
2021–2025 — Member of the Commission for Evaluating Written Papers of Candidates for Investigators, Prosecutors and Judges

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English
Selected Publications
Author of numerous academic works devoted to the protection of legally protected secrets in criminal proceedings, forensic expertise, ECHR case-law application, and principles of international criminal law. His articles have been published in leading Armenian legal journals such as Judicial Power, State and Law, Justice, Region and World, as well as in international conference proceedings (2015–2025).
Courses Taught (2025/2026)
Criminal Procedure (Bachelor’s Program)
Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Armenia (Bachelor’s Program)
Trends in the Development of Criminal Procedure Legislation in CIS Countries (Master’s Program)
Victims’ Rights in Criminal Proceedings (HELP) (Master’s Program)

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