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Minister of Justice receives representatives of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation

02/02/2016
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.

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Workshop on "Personal Data Protection and Freedom of Information" dedicated to the International Day of Personal Data Protection

29/01/2016
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.

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Minister of Justice discusses a range of issues of mutual interest with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

27/01/2016
In particular, the parties touched upon the legislative amendments planned to be made as a result of the new Constitution, the measures implemented within the framework of fight against corruption, the new Action Plan with the Council of Europe, as well as the process of execution of ECHR judgments.

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Vigen Kocharyan and Petra Kneuer discuss a range of issues aimed at fight against corruption

26/01/2016
During the meeting the parties discussed a range of issues of mutual interest. In particular, Vigen Kocharyan touched upon the fight against corruption, presented the activities carried out in that direction and the upcoming activities.

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Minister of Justice on a working visit to Strasbourg

25/01/2016
Within the framework of the visit, Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan will meet with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland to discuss a range of issues of mutual interest.

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Draft Law of the Republic of Armenia “On making amendments and supplements to the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia” is discussed

22/01/2016
The discussion was organised by the Council of Europe within the framework of “Strengthening the Independence, Professionalism and Accountability of the Judicial System in Armenia” project.

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Justice Minister discusses anti-corruption issues with U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia

20/01/2016
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues on fighting corruption. The Minister informed that the Ministry of Justice has already taken several major steps aimed at fighting corruption, but there is still a lot of work to do.

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Ministers of Justice of Armenia and Artsakh discuss a range of issues on deepening of co-operation

15/01/2016
The Ministers discussed several programmes aimed at deepening and enhancing mutual co-operation in the justice sector. Arpine Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the existing co-operation between partner structures of both countries and expressed willingness to expand and intensify that co-operation.

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Steering Committee for the "Support to Justice Reforms in Armenia — Phase II" Programme holds a regular sitting

23/12/2015
First Deputy Minister of Justice Arsen Mkrtchyan, Deputy Ministers Suren Krmoyan and Vigen Kocharyan, representative of the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia David Avagyan, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, the Judicial Department, the Chamber of Advocates, the General Prosecutor's Office and civil society, and others participated in the sitting.

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Issues on deepening co-operation between Armenia and Iran in justice sectors discussed

22/12/2015
On 22 December, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Armenia Seyed Kazem Sadjadi.

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Minister of Justice visits Aragatsotn Marz

21/12/2015
On 19 December, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan was on a working visit to Aragatsotn Marz.

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Several issues on ensuring road traffic safety discussed with NGOs

16/12/2015
On 16 December, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arman Tatoyan received representatives of "Organising of Passenger Transportation in Armenia", "Centre for Protection of the Rights of Individual Taxi Drivers", "Support to Taxi Services", "Union of Transporters of Armenia" and "League for the Protection of Drivers" non-governmental organisations.

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