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Over the past few months, the Ministry of Justice has closely co-operated with the Council of Europe and the Venice Commission. With the logic of this partnership, on 13 May 2020, the Minister of Justice posed three legal questions to the Venice Commission related to the implementation of the new model of the Constitutional Court that was envisaged by the Constitutional Amendments of 2015, but was not implemented; specification of the scope of preliminary examination of the Constitutional Amendments by the Constitutional Court and the time limit for the examination, as well as the possibility of cancelling the referendum previously announced by the National Assembly and suspended upon the ground of the state of emergency declared due to the pandemic.
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Today, Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan received the delegation led by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Armenia Lynne Tracy.
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Today, the Ministry of Justice organised an online workshop dedicated to the presentation of the www.e-rights platform aimed at increasing the accountability and transparency of the 2020-2022 Action Plan arising from the National Strategy for the Protection of Human Rights.
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Today, Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan remotely discussed with the counterparts from the European Union the reforms being implemented in a number of sectors in Armenia.
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One of the convicts of "Kosh" Penitentiary Institution has tested positive for the coronavirus disease, while the others have tested negative. On 4 June 2020, a sample was taken from one of the convicts who is deprived of liberty at "Kosh" Penitentiary Institution of the Ministry of Justice and was suspected of having the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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The Ministry of Justice, within the framework of the previously announced digital agenda, launched the e-services.moj.am platform, making it possible to receive a statement of information on family status electronically, without visiting the territorial body of the Agency for Civil Status Acts Registration.
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Graduation certificates have been granted to four imprisoned juveniles who are being kept at “Abovyan” and “Armavir” Penitentiary Institutions and have completed the general education program for the 9th grade.
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On 26 May, an online discussion on execution of the orders of the Minister of Justice arising from the Law “On bankruptcy” was held by the Ministry of Justice.
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The legislative package “On Fact-Finding Commission” has been presented for public discussion
26/05/2020
The Ministry of Justice has presented the drafts of the Law “On Fact-Finding Commission” and related laws for public discussion.
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The establishment of a new patrol service is envisaged in the context of police reforms. This will be the first wave of modern police, with new education and skills, new demeanour and professionalism, high salary, as well as new equipment and resources. The first step to take to achieve this goal will be the 5-month (September-January) training program at the Educational Complex of the Police.
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