Mariam Evoyan

Experience

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  International Legal Consulting LLC

  Oct 2009 - Dec 2009

  Trainee
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  Hitegrity LLC

  Nov 2010 - Dec 2011

  Legal Adviser
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  Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia

  Dec 2011 - Nov 2017

  • Preparation of drafts of observations of the RA Government regarding the complaints submitted to the European Court of Human Rights against Armenia• Research and analysis regarding case-law and best practice• Preparing reports and other necessary materials• Other responsibilities • Awarded by the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia for excellent performance of her duties, December 2013 • Successfully drafted about 10 Government observations before the ECtHR• Undertook numerous actions for the Implementation of judgments of the ECtHR held against Armenia, such as: translation and dissemination of the ECtHR judgment, lecturing to the state officials on decisions and judgments held agains Armenia • Successfully drafted about 5 Government observations before the ECtHR• Contributed to the Implementation of judgments of the ECtHR held against Armenia

  • Chief Specialist at the Deparment for Relations with the European Court of Human Rights

    May 2015 - Nov 2017

  • Leading Specialist at the Deparment for Relations with the European Court of Human Rights

    Nov 2013 - May 2015

  • First-Class Specialist at the Deparment for the Relations with the European Court of Human Rights

    Dec 2011 - Nov 2013
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  Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights

  Oct 2015 - Nov 2015

  Legal Fellow (Finalist of Professional Fellows Program)
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  American University of Armenia

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

  Teaching Associate

  • Shared ideas and knowledge with 47 students on the common issues of Human Rights protection in Armenia • Represented domestic and ECtHR cases concerning violations of Human Rights and measures to be undertaken by Armenian authorities in that regard

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  EKENG CJSC

  Nov 2017 - now

  • Development of contracts, agreements, memorandums and other documents of the Company and negotiation with relevant stakeholders;• Analysis and expertise of draft legal acts regulating the Company's activities, definition of legislative gaps and submition of proposals for the relevant amendments in the legislation,• Coordination and management of the Department's activities,• Review of internal documents, including policies, procedures, regulations and guidelines,• Representation and protection of the Company’s interests before all the domestic authorities,• Preparation of proposals, references, reports, petitions and other documentation within the jurisdiction of the Legal Department, etc. Show less

  • Head Of Legal Department

    May 2018 - now

  • Legal Counsel

    Nov 2017 - May 2018
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  INTELLCORES LLC

  Mar 2018 - now

  Legal Counsel
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  Russian - Armenian University

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  Lecturer of LLM and PhD programs, certified HELP trainer (COE Programme)

  • Lecturing Legal Professionals on COE regulations and ECtHR practice • Lecturing LLM and PhD candidates on the topics of “Constitutional justice within private legal system”, “Comparative commercial law”, “Commercial law” and “Corporate law”• Supervising numerous Capstone projects of the LLM and PhD candidates

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  UNDP

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

  Expert to Map the E-Systems for Installment of Unified Investigation Tool

  UNDP Expert to Map the E-Systems for Installment of Unified Investigation Tool within the Project on Support to Armenia’s Rule of Law and Justice Reform: Bringing Justice Closer to People• Work-plan of the assignment, in particular outline of the main directions of the working activity• Short description of the methodology, including a work plan with detailed steps, list of materials to be reviewed, etc. • Detailed comprehensive report on the main findings on existing E-Systems in law-enforcement bodies and current practice in Armenia, including the interoperability of the databases, coordination schemes and possible gaps with regard to the changes in the legal and policy frameworks and inconsistencies of the possible old practices, with focus on the level of interoperability between different existing systems in the sphere of asset investigation and with provision of relevant visual graphics and schemes.• Suggested design for installing new innovative tools in the process of asset investigation based on Italian experience.• Submitted financial costing report for establishment of new tools. Show less

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  Conseil de l'Europe

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

  Expert on legal editing of the HELP online course on Introduction to the ECHR and the ECtHR

  • Carry out legal editing of the Armenian translation of the HELP online course on “Introduction to the ECHR and the ECtHR” to make sure that the quality is in line with the highest training standards and corresponds to legal professionals needs.• Adapt the model curriculum of the HELP course on ““Introduction to the ECHR and the ECtHR”” to the specific needs of Armenian legal professionals and to the Armenian legal order. This shall be done in line with HELP Training Methodology by:- drafting learning objectives for Armenian audience; - preparing and identifying training materials in the Armenian language course on “Introduction to the ECHR and the ECtHR”;- drafting quizzes specific to Armenian audience;- collecting relevant existing training materials which are relevant to trainees; - adding other interactive materials, such as video films and animations. • Update the course on ““Introduction to the ECHR and the ECtHR”” on the HELP e-learning platform by uploading the above training materials. Show less

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  Conseil de l'Europe

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

  a) Review selected part of the English translation of the draft Criminal Code (CC) of Armenia of 2019 (263 530 characters without spaces);b) Carry out legal proofreading and editing of selected text, assess and check the applied terminology in the entire English translation of the draft CC of 2019 vis-à-vis its compliance with Armenia language adopted new CC of 2021 and make necessary adjustments,modification and improvement in track changes; Make sure that the proposed changes are in line with the bestquality standards of English legal terminology Raise any major inconsistencies between the adopted version of the new CC and translated text with the projectteam during the legal revisionc) Collaborate with another CoE consultant engaged in this assignmentto ensure consistency and required quality of the final productd) Finalise and submit the edited part of the draft CC in English to theProject team by 15 December 2021. Show less

  • Expert in legal proofreading and editing of the HELP Methodology guidbook

    Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Expert on Legal proofreading and editing of the new CC of Armenia

    Sept 2021 - Dec 2021
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  Deloitte

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Independent Consultant

  Deliverables include:-Legal review of the Armenia 2019 PPP Law and associated bylaws or GoA decisions- Review of existing local and international procurement best practices at municipality level- Provision of Recommendations for municipalities to proceed with public-private collaboration under the applicable Armenian legislation and development of corresponding roadmap for the municipalities

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  UNDP

  Jul 2023 - Feb 2024

  Short Description of deliverables: 1. Preparation of the Inception report on the conceptual framework of the RA Police digital transformation based on primary and secondary research2. Drafting Digital transformation strategic note3. Drafting Digital transformation strategic roadmap 4. Organization of High-level launching event of the digital transformation roadmapFor more detailed information on the duties and responsibilities please refer to the following link:https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=108736&fbclid=IwAR1xRL3_Av0ku-Y_0Pw4O5Q9oK4kRJf85oX9aQlOMsMAhDiEdc9nwRcyKss Show less

  • Expert on the Development of the RA Police digital transformation strategic note & strategic roadmap

    Oct 2022 - Feb 2024

  • Local consultant for developing Comprehensive TOR for an e-tool for tracking NPM recommendations

    Jul 2023 - Jan 2024