Implementation of criteria of European Court of Human Rights on pretrial detention and extension of detainment term in legislation and practice of Republic of Armenia

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to show the international standards and criteria of the ECHR on the pretrial detention and extending the detainment term, then to compare the mentioned standards with the current legal framework of the Republic of Armenia, to spot the drawbacks and the gaps in the legislation and practice and finally to draw a perspective of changes and implementation of the international criteria in the Armenian legal system.