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Minister of Justice receives Head of Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross
The Minister expressed satisfaction with the existing level of co-operation between the two structures and highly appreciated the efforts of the ICRC aimed at implementing reforms in the justice sector.
Workshop on the implementation of Plan of Action deriving from the Strategy on Human Rights Protection
Stressing the importance of organising discussions in such a format, the Minister noted that the human rights protection is the most important guarantee which must be continually improved and established institutionally.
First sitting of the Working Group conducting analysis on appropriateness of criminalising illicit enrichment is held
Representatives of the "Armenian Young Lawyers Association", "Freedom of Information Centre of Armenia", "Protection of Rights without Borders" non-governmental organisations, as well as of the Ministry of Justice are included in the Working Group.
Personal Data Protection Agency of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia joins GPEN
The Network was established in 2010 based on the Recommendation on Cross-border Co-operation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy adopted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2007.
Arpine Hovhannisyan stresses the importance of deepening mutually beneficial co-operation with the Republic of Lebanon in the justice sector
During the conversation with the Ambassador, Arpine Hovhannisyan — highly appreciating the existing relations between Armenia and Lebanon and the created atmosphere of mutual trust — noted that there is still much to be done for the development of co-operation between the Ministries of Justice of the two countries.
Arpine Hovhannisyan receives Director of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative Elizabeth Andersen
Arpine Hovhannisyan welcomed the guests and noted that co-operation between the Ministry of Justice and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative has been effective and constructive since 2005 until now.
EU and UNICEF workshop "Integrating child rights in development co-operation" is launched
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Artem Asatryan, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia Piotr Świtalski, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ashot Hovakimian, as well as representatives of state administration bodies, international organisations and civil society participated in the event.
Report on activities of the Ministry of Justice for 2015 is presented to the Prime Minister
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan noted that the draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On probation service of the Republic of Armenia" was developed with the support of international and Armenian experts last year, as a result of which testing of the probation service was launched in Shengavit administrative district of Yerevan and in Vanadzor.
Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Armenia
During the conversation with the Ambassador, the Minister stressed the importance of co-operation between the two countries in the justice sector and mentioned that there is a great potential to deepen it.
Minister of Justice discusses issues of mutual interest with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom
Arpine Hovhannisyan discussed with the Ambassador the opportunities for implementation of arrangements obtained during the working visit to the United Kingdom in November of the previous year and of the new projects.
Minister of Justice receives representatives of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation
Arpine Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the co-operation of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia with the IRZ and stressed the importance of support rendered by the Foundation in elaborating a number of legal acts and the implementation of projects aimed at exchange of experience.
Workshop on "Personal Data Protection and Freedom of Information" dedicated to the International Day of Personal Data Protection
Arpine Hovhannisyan congratulated the participants on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Personal Data Protection and noted that the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On personal data protection" prescribed such regulations that will enable the State to carry out activities in the field of personal data protection in a more effective way.
