death_penalty_new.qxd 02-08-27 12:57 Page 21 ARMENIA Number of executions: None. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS: Juvenile Offenders: Persons who were below the age of 18 at the time when the crime was committed cannot be sentenced to death50. Pregnant women: Pregnant women or women that were pregnant at the time the crime was committed cannot be sentenced to death51. Clemency/Pardon: The Constitution provides the President with the authority to pardon convicted persons52. Whilst Armenian courts continue to sentence people to the death penalty, the President exercises as a matter of course his constitutional authority to issue pardons. 50 51 52 Article 22 of the current Criminal Code. Article 22 of the current Criminal Code. Article 55(17) of the Constitution. 21