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On 9 April, the tenth regular meeting of the EU-Armenia Cooperation Subcommittee on Justice, Freedom and Security was held in Brussels under the co-chairmanship of Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Kocharyan. The inter-agency delegation of the Republic of Armenia included representatives from the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the Police of the Republic of Armenia, the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Migration Service of the Republic of Armenia.
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Announcement
01/02/2019
Taking into consideration public interest in pardon petitions, we would like to inform that the Ministry of Justice has, as and within the time limits prescribed by law, received from the Staff to the President of the Republic of Armenia the decrees on pardon petitions, which will be submitted to the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia for the purpose of informing convicts and ensuring execution of those pardon petitions.
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Probation Service presents 2018 Repor
01/02/2019
Today, the Report on the activities of the Probation Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia for the year 2018 was presented with the participation of Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan.
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On 30 January, Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Krmoyan received Deputy Head of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Eddie Rich and Country Manager at the EITI International Secretariat Oliana Valigura. The timetable for introducing the register of real owners, acquisition of financial resources, priority actions, enforcement mechanisms — envisaged by the Fourth Action Plan of the Open Government Partnership initiative of the Government of the Republic of Armenia — and other issues were discussed during the meeting.
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Today, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan received First Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine Elena Sukmanova.
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Vigen Kocharyan receives EU delegation
30/01/2019
Today, Deputy Minister of Justice Vigen Kocharyan received the delegation led by Head of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Eastern Partnership Unit of the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement of the European Commission Vassilis Maragos.
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Today, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan received the delegation led by Executive Director of the Netherlands Helsinki Committee Pepijn Gerrits. A number of issues related to human rights protection, rule of law, the introduction of alternative punishments and particularly the capacity-building of the Probation Service were discussed during the working meeting.
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Today, Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Krmoyan participated in a discussion on "Anti-Corruption Agenda for Armenia" with interested parties. The discussion was organised by Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center and held within the scope of the "Engaged Citizenry for Responsible Governance" programme, which is being carried out with the support of the United States Agency for International Development.
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On 24 January, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan paid a visit to the Penitentiary Service to sum up the activities carried out in the penitentiary sector in 2018. Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan, Head of the Penitentiary Service Artyom Mkhoyan, Deputy Heads of the Penitentiary Service, heads of penitentiary institutions and others participated in the meeting.
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The issue of the legitimacy of releasing or not releasing personalised information on the rewards granted to employees by state and local self-government bodies has recently become a matter of active discussions. Moreover, among other issues, this issue is also being considered from the perspective of protection of the personal data of employees.
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