On January 24,
2022 she has been elected as a Human Rights Defender by the National Assembly
and started performing her duties on February 25, 2022.
Education
1998-2002
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Yerevan State University, Faculty of Oriental
Studies, Bachelor Degree in Arabic Studies
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2002-2004
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Yerevan State University, Faculty of Oriental
Studies, Master Degree in Arabic Studies
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2006-2008
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Northern University Bachelor Degree in Law
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Work Experience
2004-2009
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Specialist of the Department of Legislative
Analysis and Development at the National Assembly Staff of the Republic of
Armenia.
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March-October 2009թ.
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Translator-Lawyer at the Department of Foreign
Relations of the National Assembly Staff of the Republic of Armenia.
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2009-2011
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Assistant to the Chief of Staff of RA National
Assembly on Legal Issues.
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2011-2014
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Assistant to a
Deputy/Member of the National Assembly (last two years working concurrently)
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2012-2014
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Assistant of the President of the National
Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on Legal Issues.
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2014-2015
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Team Leader in the USAID
project "Support to Institutional Strengthening of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia" (procedures and regulations improving component).
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2015-2018
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Head of Department of International Legal
Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.
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2018-2019
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Assistant to First Deputy Prime Minister of
the Republic of Armenia (on International Legal Issues).
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January-July 2019
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Assistant of the President of the National Assembly
of the Republic of Armenia on International Legal Issues.
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July 2019-April 2021
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Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of
Armenia.
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April 2021- January 2022
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First Deputy Minister of Justice of the
Republic of Armenia.
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Professional Involvement
2016-2017 - works in Drafting Group on Civil
Society and National Human Rights Institutions (CDDH-INST) at the Steering
Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) as a national expert, which developed
recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to
member States on the need to strengthen the protection and promotion of the
civil society space in Europe (CM/Rec(2018)11). In this
working group Kristinne Grigoryan participated in the professional discussions on the
"The Venice Principles on the Protection and Promotion of Ombudsman
Institution".
2019 – 2022 - Represented Government in
the European Committee for the
Prevention of Torture and the United Nations Committee Against Torture
2021 - Led Armenian Delegation to defend the RA Report
on the Implementation of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the UN
Human Rights Committee.
2019-2022 – Head of Armenian Delegation at the Group of
States against Corruption (GRECO)
2019-2022 - Performed duties of Coordinator
of Armenia in OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern
Europe and Central Asia
2021-2022 - Chaired the
Multidisciplinary Council of Juvenile Justice, acting under the coordination of
the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
2016-2022 - Involved, organized and coordinated the
process of development and implementation of two national strategies on Human
Rights Protection (2017-2019 and 2019-2022) with the involvement of all
government stakeholders, the Office of the Human Rights Defender, civil society
organizations and international partners
2019-2022 - Performed
functions of Secretary of Coordinating Committee of National Strategy for Human
Rights Protection. Actively involved in works on the development and implementation of 2020-2022
Reform Strategy for RA Police,
including the project of introduction the Patrol Service in Armenia.
2021 – Lecturing on
subject “Police-Society-Collaboration” at the Police Educational Complex
Other Information
Languages: Fluency
in Russian, English and French, as well as German and Arabic.
Unmarried, Non-Party