Lily Nalbandyan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the French University in Armenia and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the American University of Armenia.
She began her legal career in 2019 at the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia. From 2022 to 2023, she served at the Office of the Representative of the Republic of Armenia on International Legal Matters, where she represented the Government in individual applications before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), drafting legal submissions and conducting extensive legal research to support litigation strategies.
In 2024, she joined the Department for the Protection of the Interests of the Republic of Armenia in Interstate Disputes, specializing in interstate cases before the ECHR and the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Her work included contributing to Armenia’s litigation under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), drafting submissions on enforced disappearances and the treatment of captives, and participating as an official delegate at the 114th session of the CERD Committee in Geneva. She also supported Armenia’s cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and contributed to the development of national legislation implementing the Rome Statute.
Since March 2025, Lily has been working as a human rights lawyer at the Center for International and Comparative Law, focusing on international human rights litigation and advocacy.