1992

Graduated from Yerevan Russian Secondary School No. 128.

1997

Graduated with honors from the Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law.

1997-2000

Completed post-graduate studies at the Chamber of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of the Law Faculty of Yerevan State University.

2000

Defended Ph.D thesis (“Independence of judges in the Republic of Armenia: procedural and organizational safeguards”, in Russian) at the Scientific Council of Yerevan State University and was awarded the scientific degree of Ph.D in Law.

2000 - 2005

Council of Court Chairmen (CCC) of the Republic of Armenia, Cassation Court of the Republic of Armenia

Legal Adviser of the Judicial Training Center (2000-2003), then (starting 2003) – Senior Legal Adviser to the CCC, then (in 2005) – Senior Specialist of the Department of Legal Expertise). Also was responsible for International Relations of the Judiciary (2005), developed Anti-corruption Plan of Armenian Judiciary and coordinated the monitoring of its implementation, as well as the activities of establishment of the web page of Armenian Judiciary (www.armenian-judiciary.am) and first publications of the decisions of the Cassation Court.

2001 - 2002

Freedom of Information Center

Legal Adviser

2004

Armenian-Russian (Slavonic) University, Law Department

Lecturer on Special Courses: “The defendant and the defense counsel in criminal procedure” and “The problems of preliminary investigation”

2003 - 2006

Southern Caucasus Anti-Drug (SCAD) Program (sponsored by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Legislative Assistance Project Manager

2006

U.S. Embassy in Armenia, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)

Program Assistant

2007-2013

U.S. Embassy in Armenia, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

Legal Specialist

2013

"School of Prosecution" state non-commercial organization

Lecturer

January 2014 - December 2014   

Academy of Justice of the Republic of Armenian-Russian

Vice-Rector and Lecturer (developed and delivered Courses for judicial and prosecutorial candidates, as well as for acting judges and prosecutors, including: “Foundations and Current trends of the jurisprudence of the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR)”, “Current Issues of the Case Law of the ECtHR in criminal matters)”, and “Current issues of judicial development of the Law”.

2015 - 2016

Council of Europe Office in Yerevan, Program “Strengthening Health Care and Human Rights Protection in Prisons in Armenia”

Legal Expert

2016

EU project “Development and Strategic Studies”

Expert on Judiciary and Human Rights field reforms

2015-2017

EU project “ENP Progress Reports and Assessment Reports on Armenia´s Compliance with GSP+ (Generalized system of preferences) obligations”.

Expert on Rule of Law/Justice

2016 – January 2021, Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia

Member

2017

School of Advocates

Lecturer (Course on Appealing of judicial acts in criminal procedure)

2013 – 2020, Law Faculty of Yerevan State University

Lecturer (Development and teaching of courses for the Master Program:  “European standards for the human rights protection in criminal proceedings”, and “Professional Skills of a Lawyer”

22 January, 2021

Elected by the National Assembly as a Member of the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Armenia

30 October, 2023

Appointed by the decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia as a Judge of the Criminal Chamber of the RA Court of Cassation.

D.Khachaturyan is the author of more than 30 scientific publications, including 4 monographs, in the area of protection of human rights, judicial and legal reforms, inlluding:

“The Status of Judges in the Republic of Armenia: Comparative-Legal Analysis”, (in co-authorship), 290 pages, Yerevan, 2002

 “Freedom of Information in the Republic of Armenia: Guidebook for Judges, Prosecutors, Investigators and Advocates”, 96 pages, Yerevan, 2005

“Sending a Criminal Case on Remittal for Additional Investigation: Comparative and Historical Legal Analysis”, 100 pages, Yerevan, 2007

 “Ensuring autonomy, accountability and efficiency of the Prosecutor’s Office and the preliminary investigation bodies in Armenia: comparative analysis of legislation and practices and international standards”, 300 pages, Yerevan, 2020

Participated in dozens of trainings, scientific and practical conferences in various countries (USA, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Albania, and other), including:

“Investigation and criminal prosecution of official corruption”, ABA (CEELI Institute), April 8-12, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic

“Training Russian and CIS Activists in International Human Rights Law” by Centre de la protection internationale, October 15-21, 2017, Strasbourg, France

CoE study visit on “Strengthening implementation of ECHR and ECtHR case law”, 2014, Strasbourg, France

Regional Conference on “Judicial Independence and Discipline”, for judges, prosecutors and other legal professionals of the Southern Caucasus states (spokesperson for the Armenian delegation), ABA CEELI, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia.

In addition, in a capacity of expert D.Khachaturyan presented the problems of the Armenian judiciary in the light of international obligations undertaken by Armenia, delivering public speeches  in different international fora, including:

Session of the UN Committee against Torture (2016, Geneva, Switzerland)

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, (Washington, D.C., 2011)

European Commission and other EU bodies (2012-2013, 2015-2018 Brussels, Belgium), and others.

D.Khachaturyan is fluent in English and Russian (during 2015-2020, he provided simultaneous interpretation services on these languages to the Council of Europe, United States Embassy in Yerevan, and other organizations).

Married, has two children.