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Minister of Justice meets with a number of high-ranking officials of Kuwait
On 2 May, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan, who is on an official visit to Kuwait, had meetings with Emir of the State of Kuwait Sabah IV Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Prince Abdullah al-Sabah of Kuwait, Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim.
Visit of the Minister of Justice to the State of Kuwait
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan, who was on an official visit to the State of Kuwait, met with Minister of Justice, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs of the State of Kuwait Yaacoub Abdul-Mohsen Al-Sanaa on 1 May.
Draft law of the Republic of Armenia “On making amendments and supplements to the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia” was discussed
On 28 April draft law of the Republic of Armenia “On making amendments and supplements to the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia” was discussed at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.
Training course on freedom of information for freedom of information officers of state bodies
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia jointly with the OSCE Office in Yerevan organised a training course for freedom of information officers of state bodies entitled "Freedom of information as a tool for promoting the transparency of state bodies and integrity of state officials" from 27 to 28 April.
Minister of Justice of Armenia discussed issues of mutual interest with her Bulgarian counterpart
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan met with Minister of Justice of the Republic of Bulgaria Ekaterina Zakharieva in Sofia on 22 April.
Minister of Justice presents to President of the Venice Commission progress of discussions on draft Electoral Code with parties concerned.
Arpine Hovhannisyan presented to the President of the Venice Commission new draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia, progress of discussions in this regard with public figures, as well as the amendments made to the draft during that period.
Minister of Justice holds a meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe
At the end of the meeting, the Minister also touched upon the unleashed broad-scale military actions against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on the night of 1-2 April.
Arpine Hovhannisyan responds to Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan
The Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan said in his speech that the judiciary of Azerbaijan would have worked more effectively, if 20 percent of the country’s territories had not been occupied, and they did not have one million refugees.
Minister of Justice: Armenia continues activities aimed at reforms of the judicial system of the Republic of Armenia
Today, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan said about this during the high-level Conference entitled "Strengthening Judicial Independence and Impartiality as a Pre-condition for the Rule of Law in Council of Europe Member States" launched in Sofia. In this context, the Minister has attached importance to the Executive Order of the President of the Republic of Armenia "On Approving the 2012-2016 Strategic Programme for Legal and Judicial Reforms and the List of Actions Deriving from the Programme”.
Minister of Justice on a working visit to Bulgaria
The aim of the Conference is to provide an opportunity to stimulate the dialogue between the Council of Europe and its member states on problems of independence and impartiality of the judiciary.
Legislative package on the “Introduction of Probation Service” is discussed with representatives of state, non-governmental and international organisations
Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan and other representatives of state, international and non-governmental organisations attended the event.
The Minister of Justice receives the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Arpine Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the current co-operation with the representatives of the UN and noted that currently the structures are co-operating within the framework of the Action Plan deriving from the National Strategy on Human Rights Protection, as well as of the draft of the new Electoral Code.
