Delegation led by Karen Andreasyan is in Croatia to study practice in sector of Electronic Justice

On 5 September, the delegation led by Minister of Justice Karen Andreasyan, which included Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Croatia Ashot Hovakimyan, Deputy Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan, Deputy Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer Artur Harutyunyan and representative of the Department of Anti-Corruption Policy Development and Monitoring of the Ministry of Justice Hasmik Tigranyan, had a meeting with Minister of Justice and Public Administration of the Republic of Croatia Ivan Malenica.

It is noteworthy that this is the first official meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the two countries throughout the nearly thirty years of diplomatic relations between the two friendly countries. The co-operation of the Ministers started back in 2021 as a result of the agreements reached during the Conference of Ministers of Justice of Member States of the Council of Europe held in Venice.

Within the scope of the visit, a meeting of Minister Andreasyan and the Minister of Justice and Public Administration of the Republic of Croatia was held, during which the parties discussed the reforms underway in Armenia in the sectors of electronic justice and the provision of public services, in the judicial and legal, anti-corruption, as well as the criminal justice fields and with respect to the alternative settlements of disputes and several other issues of bilateral interest. The Minister of Justice and Public Administration of the Republic of Croatia presented the achievements that the Republic of Croatia has made in the sectors of electronic justice and digitalisation of public services and the reforms made in the sector of the fight against corruption and the judicial and legal sectors. The Ministers reached an agreement to continue the co-operation and the exchange of experience in the sectors of interest.

During the working visit, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Karen Andreasyan and the members of the delegation led by the latter visited the Municipal Civil Court of Zagreb and the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration of the Republic of Croatia; discussions were held with representatives of the agency in charge of digitalisation of the justice and state administration sectors, the Judicial Department, the Department for Relations with Europe and International Co-operation, the Sub-Division for Prevention of Corruption, the penitentiary system and the probation sector. Within the scope of the mentioned discussions, the parties presented their achievements and the main directions for reforms, as well as reached agreements on ensuring and expanding the further continuation of the co-operation.

The members of the delegation also met with civil society representatives of the Republic of Croatia.

The visit of the delegation of Armenia to the Republic of Croatia — under the title “Electronic justice and issues of provision of state services associated with the justice sector” — was made with the funding of the European Union, within the scope of the Technical Assistance Programme “Support to Justice Reforms in Armenia”.