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Artak Zeynalyan participates in US Ministerial Meeting to Advance Religious Freedom
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan also delivered a speech at the plenary session held on 27 July. The Minister particularly touched upon the vision of the new Government of the Republic of Armenia, that is, to make amendments and supplements to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On freedom of conscience and religious organisations”, as well as expressed his concern with regard to the issues on destruction of Armenian cultural and spiritual heritage in Azerbaijan and violation of the rights of Christians in the Middle East.
Clarification on the statement of a member of the Group of Public Monitors at penitentiary institutions
The issue of guardianship of her children has not been solved yet. In regard to this issue, we inform that the procedure for public oversight by the Group of Public Monitors at penitentiary institutions is established by Chapter 5 of Order of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia No KH-66-N of 18 November 2005, according to point 13 whereof,
The new institute of petitions is developing
The draft Law recommends to exclude the ground provided for in point (c) of part 1 of Article 16 of the Family Code for divorce through judicial procedure, and the recommendation is the following: Where there is mutual consent of spouses for divorce, the divorce may not be carried out through judicial procedure, if the requirements related to disputes provided for in part 1 of Article 17 of the Family Code have not been presented together with the divorce.
Discussion dedicated to support to decision-making of persons with psychiatric and mental disabilities in Armenia
During the discussion, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Kocharyan gave an opening speech.
Information regarding conditional early release of convicts
The need for adopting the package is conditioned by the following:
There is no need for citizens to submit additional applications — information regarding administrative amnesty
We inform that there is no need for citizens to submit additional applications.
Effective electronic tools for exercising the right to receive information prescribed by Law of the Republic of Armenia "On freedom of information" are being introduced
With the help of the platform, citizens have the opportunity to request from the person disposing of information and receive answers, follow the process of the letter, as well as express, through feedback, an opinion on the time limits and the quality of the provided services without making additional expenses (paper, printing, postal).
Statement
With the help of the "Services" section on e-hotline.am, citizens may not only be informed about services provided in the field of State Register Agency of Legal Entities, required documents,
Conference aimed at assessing the existing procedures for responding to violence against children took place
About four dozens of representatives of interested government agencies, state and non-governmental organisations and local and international experts were present at the meeting.
Minister of Justice receives Special Representative of the acting OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Corruption
Minister Zeynalyan highly appreciated the biography and professional achievements of his counterpart, especially in the field for combating corruption.
Deputy Minister Kocharyan receives EU delegation
During the meeting, Kocharyan presented the approaches of the Ministry of Justice in regard to the deepening of co-operation with the EU in the judicial-legal sector and raising the level of effectiveness of the co-operation.
Minister Zeynalyan participates in 5th Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Tbilisi
he summit was devoted to ensuring civic engagement in decision-making, combating corruption and more efficient provision of public services. The goals of the summit were also to contribute to co-operative education, inspire the Open Government partners to raise the level of pretensions and advance the Open Government Agenda with the view to resisting the new challenges and improving the lives of citizens around the world.
