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On January 29, 2016, Varuzhan Avetisyan, a Founding Parliament member, submitted a notification to the Municipality of Yerevan of the assembly and march to be held on February 26.

By his decision on the notification, G. Baghdasaryan, Authorized Representative of Mayor Taron Margaryan, limited the terms of the assembly by reducing it and prohibited putting up tents in the assembly venue.

Tatevik Siradeghyan, Varuzhan Avetisyan’s representative and lawyer at HCA Vanadzor Office in Yerevan, appealed the decision above to the Administrative Court, which dismissed the appeal on February 19, 2016 and noted in the conclusive part of its judgment, in accordance with Article 205(2) of the RA Code of Administrative Procedure, that “This judgment shall be final, not subject to review and shall become efficient upon its announcement.”

In fact, this deprived Varuzhan Avetisyan of his right to effective judicial protection as prescribed under Article 61 of the RA Constitution.

On June 6, 2016, Avetisyan and his representative T. Siradeghyan applied to the RA Constitutional Court requesting it to determine the compliance of Article 205(2) of the RA Code of Administrative Procedure with Article 61 of the RA Constitution.

By its ruling of June 21, 2016, the RA Constitutional Court found that Varuzhan Avetisyan’s application complied with all the regulations on applying to the Court, admitted it and involved the RA National Assembly as the defendant party.

Examination of the application is scheduled for October 11, 2016.