Minister of Justice Karen Andreasyan participates in the Conference of Ministers of Justice of Council of Europe Member States entitled "Crime and Criminal Justice - The Role of Restorative Justice in Europe" in Venice

On 13-14 December, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Karen Andreasyan participated in the Conference of Ministers of Justice of Council of Europe Member States entitled "Crime and Criminal Justice - The Role of Restorative Justice in Europe" in Venice, Italy.

During the conference, the Minister delivered a speech in which he expressed his gratitude to Italy and the Council of Europe Secretariat for organising the event and stated that this platform serves as a good opportunity to discuss issues on identifying the problems existing in the justice sector, as well as introducing necessary mechanisms and toolkits.

Taking into account the direction of the Conference, the Minister of Justice touched upon the course of reforms that Armenia is implementing in the criminal justice sector and the key regulations envisaged by adoption of the new Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes. The Minister emphasised that the sector-specific reforms imply the transition from the conventional ideology of imprisonment to the ideology of
re-socialisation and restorative justice, the essence of which is achievement of the objectives of punishment via measures that are alternative to imprisonment, including also through the activities of probation services.