Anahit Manasyan

Biography

Anahit Manasyan graduated from the Law Faculty of Yerevan State University gaining a master's degree in Constitutional Law in 2010. After graduation she continued her studies at Yerevan State University (YSU) as a Ph.D. student with the specialization on "Public Law – Constitutional, Administrative, Financial, Municipal, Environmental, European Law, Public Administration." In 2013 she defended her Ph.D. thesis – "The Place of the Constitutional Court Decisions in the Legal System of the Republic of Armenia and their Role in Ensuring the Stability of the Constitution" - and received the Ph.D. degree. In 2016 January – June Anahit Manasyan studied at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (USA).

In 2008-2009 Ms. Manasyan worked in the staff of the Armenian Minister of Justice as an expert, in 2009-2013 – at the Republic of Armenia Constitutional Court as the Assistant to the President. Since 2013 she has been the Adviser to the President of the RA Constitutional Court. In February 2017 Ms. Manasyan was appointed as the Vice-Rector of the Academy of Justice of the Republic of Armenia on Scientific Issues.

Since 2010, Ms. Manasyan has been working at the Chair of Constitutional Law, YSU, as a lecturer. Now she is an Associate Professor at the Chair of Constitutional Law, YSU. Since 2008 Ms. Manasyan has been a member of the Bar Association of the Republic of Armenia. Since 2012 she has been a member of the editorial group of the Russian Annex to the Bulletin of the RA Constitutional Court, as well as a regional analyst for the international scientific journal Comparative Constitutional Review, published in Moscow, Russia. Since 2013 Ms. Manasyan has been a member of the editorial board of the South Caucasus Law Journal. Ms. Manasyan is a member (scientific secretary) of the professional council 001 on law at Yerevan State University of the Supreme Certifying Commission of the Republic of Armenia, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Public Analytical Center “Constitutional Culture”

In 2012, Manasyan did internship at the Constitutional Court of Hungary' In 2013 she received training courses in Germany. She took part in several international conferences (including in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Vilnius, Minsk, Sarajevo, Berlin, Tbilisi), gave lectures within the frames of international seminars (including in Batumi, Budapest, Kiev).

She is an author and co-author of four monographs, two textbooks], as well as more than thirty scientific articles devoted to various issues of constitutional law, published in Armenian and foreign scientific journals.