Lili Nalbandyan graduated from the French University with a Bachelor’s degree in Law. She obtained her master’s degree from the American University of Armenia.
Lili began her professional career in 2019 at the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Armenia. From 2022 to 2023, she worked at the Office of the Representative of the Republic of Armenia on International Legal Matters, where she represented the interests of the Republic of Armenia in individual cases, prepared legal strategic submissions, and conducted case-law research.
In 2024, she joined the Department for the Protection of the Interests of the Republic of Armenia in Interstate Disputes, focusing on interstate cases before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ). She participated in judicial proceedings conducted under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), drafted documents related to missing persons and prisoners, and took part in the 114th session of the CERD Committee in Geneva as a member of the official delegation of the Republic of Armenia. She also supported Armenia’s cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC), participated in the implementation of the Rome Statute, and contributed to the drafting of the domestic law on the cooperation of the Republic of Armenia with the International Criminal Court.
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.