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Mr Vladimir VARDANYAN (Armenia, EPP/CD)

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Representative
M.P.
Civil Contract

National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
AM - 0095 - Yerevan
Armenia

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021

Latest news

30/01/2025 - Session PACE gives green light to new Council of Europe treaty which protects the profession of lawyer 08/10/2021 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights We must do more to end the death penalty, says PACE General Rapporteur 26/03/2021 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights General Rapporteur welcomes Virginia’s abolition of the death penalty 20/01/2021 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Belarus: General Rapporteur condemns handing down of a new death sentence 20/01/2021 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights General rapporteur deeply regrets executions at federal level in the US

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party since 12/02/2025
  • Auditor: Group of the European People's Party from 21/04/2021 to 11/02/2025
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 24/06/2019 to 20/04/2021
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 21/01/2019 to 23/06/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 27/09/2021 Representative - Armenia
  • from 21/01/2019 to 26/09/2021 Substitute - Armenia

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 12/04/2025)
  • Full Member EPP/CD: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 25/04/2022)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 26/01/2022 to 23/01/2024)
  • General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 08/12/2020 to 11/12/2022)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 31/01/2020 to 11/04/2025)
  • Alternate EPP/CD: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 04/10/2019 to 24/04/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 21/01/2019)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 28/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (since 28/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 23/01/2023)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Ethics (from 24/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 22/03/2021)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 25/01/2022)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Ruben RUBINYAN (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 27/09/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Edmon MARUKYAN (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 21/01/2019 to 26/09/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Ruben RUBINYAN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 27/01/2022 to 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Edmon MARUKYAN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 24/01/2019 to 26/09/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Edmon MARUKYAN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 24/01/2019 to 26/09/2021)

Interventions

Last speeches

09/04/2025 | 11:05:36 Thank you, Honorable Mister Chair. First of all, let me congratulate Mr Frank SCHWABE, the rapporteur, for an excellent report reflecting the main challenges in the field of the fight against corruption that our Organisation is faced with. The Council of Europe was established to enhance respect for the rule of law, improve democracy and uphold human rights. During the last 75 years, we have reached tremendous results in the field of fight against corruption. It is important to recognise that... 08/04/2025 | 10:25:28 Thank you, Madam Chair. The issue we are discussing is interconnected with the three core principles of international law: the principle of sovereign equality, the principle of political independence of a nation, and the principle of non-interference in domestic affairs. The main core principles of international law. And we would like to say that in the past, for sure, we have had a lot of challenges of this ideal approach, because with a situation where some countries use military powers... 30/01/2025 | 11:02:47 Thank you, Mister President. I would like also to express words of gratitude to Lord HERMER for the very interesting discussion, which actually led us to Shakespearean patience. And, frankly speaking, when usually a person asks me who I am, and what is my specialisation, I say, "I am guilty, I am a lawyer". Because actually being a lawyer in contemporary society is somehow stigmatised because yes, everybody understands perfectly well that it is complicated to live in a contemporary society... 30/01/2025 | 10:09:10 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, On 17 December 2024, the Committee of Ministers transmitted to the Assembly a draft Council of Europe convention for the protection of the profession of lawyers, prepared by the Committee of Experts on the Protection of Lawyers and the European Committee on Legal Co-operation. We committed to giving our statutory opinion as soon as possible, but this doesn't mean that drafting was swift and straightforward. This draft text is the culmination of... 28/01/2025 | 19:54:11 Thank you, Madam Chair. It's really a very interesting topic. And today I found myself that we are speaking more and more of the terms which people used in Middle Ages. And unfortunately rapporteur Mr Andrea ORLANDO is not here, as he will be very familiar with the word "condottieri", which was used in the Middle Ages by Italians. And Italian cities actually just hire private companies to protect their cities. Today we are discussing issues which actually combine two different phenomena. The...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

13/05/2025 | Doc. 16173 | Report Draft Third Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters 28/01/2025 | Doc. 16102 | Report Opinion on a draft convention for the protection of the profession of lawyer 30/11/2022 | Doc. 15660 | Committee Opinion Contact tracing applications: ethical, cultural and educational challenges 14/04/2022 | Doc. 15501 | Committee Opinion Safeguarding and promoting genuine democracy in Europe 16/09/2020 | Doc. 15139 | Report The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on human rights and the rule of law

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

14/05/2025 | Doc. 16176 | Written declaration Kazakhstan: the way forward democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law 08/04/2025 | Doc. 16154 | Written declaration Gender mainstreaming in the central Asian region 14/03/2025 | Doc. 16132 | Motion for a resolution Advancing a shared European vision through arts and leadership education 02/07/2024 | Doc. 15973 | Written declaration Kazakhstan’s progress on human rights, democracy and co-operation with the Council of Europe 11/06/2024 | Doc. 16006 | Motion for a resolution Call for increased support for refugees in Lebanon

Votes on adopted texts

09/04/2025 | Doc. 16138, vote on the draft text for recommendation Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16138, vote on the draft text for resolution Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16134, vote on the draft text for recommendation Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16134, vote on the draft text for resolution Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 30/01/2025 | Doc. 16102, vote on the draft text for opinion Opinion on a draft convention for the protection of the profession of lawyer