Armen Harutyunyan was elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights in September 2015. Before his election, he served as the Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (2014-2015). He also was Regional Representative of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Central Asia (2011-2014). In 2006-2011, Armen Harutyunyan was the Human Rights Defender of Armenia. He also was the Honorary Member of the French Association of Armenian Advocates and Lawyers, Paris (2008-2011), and Member of the Council of Justice of Armenia (2004-2005). Judge Harutyunyan has a doctorate degree in law from the Academy of Public Administration of the Russian Federation in Moscow. He was Rector of the Public Administration Academy of Armenia (2002-2006).