Armenia`s ex-minister of justice found guilty, with no criminal  responsibility 

ArmInfo.On September 30, 2025, the Anti- Corruption Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of the Yerevan City Court of First Instance against Hrayr Tovmasyan, former Minister of Justice of Armenia, Chairman of the Constitutional Court,  and one of the authors of the current Constitution. Thus, the court  rejected both the appeals of the state prosecutor and the defense.

The Prosecutor General's Office reported, emphasizing that the  actions incriminated against Tovmasyan relate to his abuse of office  during his tenure as Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.

On September 20, 2024, the Yerevan City Court of First Instance found  Hrayr Tovmasyan guilty of two counts of crimes under Part 1 of  Article 308 of the Criminal Code adopted on April 18, 2003, and  sentenced him to release from criminal liability due to the  expiration of the statute of limitations. Meanwhile, the state  prosecutor had demanded a seven-year prison sentence for the  Constitutional Court judge. However, as Tomvasyan's lawyers stated,  according to the verdict, the statute of limitations had expired in  2019, before the charges were filed.

In 2019, the prosecutor filed an appeal against the verdict, citing  the reclassification of the offenses and the application of the  statute of limitations, while his lawyers filed appeals requesting  that he be declared not guilty. On September 30, 2025, the Anti-  Corruption Court of Appeals ruled to dismiss the appeals and uphold  the verdict.

It's worth noting that Tovmasyan is one of the authors of Armenia's  new constitution, which, among other important changes, transformed  the country from a presidential to a parliamentary republic. The new  constitution was adopted in 2015 and entered into force in 2018.