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Possibilities for joining the International Co-operation Platform on Prevention of Violence against Children discussed
Minister Davit Harutyunyan attached importance to the mission undertaken by the organisations especially in the area of children's rights protection and to the programmes being implemented to this end.
Training course for those responsible for implementing anti-corruption programme within republican executive bodies launched
Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan attached importance to the conduct of a training course on the fight against corruption within executive bodies and added that the representatives of the agency must be persistent in implementation of the programme.
Deputy Minister of Justice receives delegation of the House of Representatives of Indonesia
Welcoming the guests to the Ministry of Justice, Deputy Minister Vigen Kocharyan attached importance to the constructive relations between the two countries and expressed hope that such contacts will also contribute to further development of co-operation in the legal sphere.
Davit Harutyunyan and Judith Margaret Farnworth sign Memorandum of Understanding
The implementation of the programme will foster effective implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and enable to introduce sub-legislative regulations stemming from the Law "On the protection of whistle-blowers", as well as to raise the level of awareness of the civil society and the public in the field of protection of whistle-blowers.
Davit Harutyunyan receives U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia Richard Mills
The Minister presented to the Ambassador the process of introducing a range of electronic management tools in a number of areas of the Ministry of Justice and, in particular, the activities being carried out for digitisation of court archive materials and the introduction of the e-apostille and e-notariat systems.
Ministers of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the Czech Republic discuss issues of mutual interest
Minister of Justice Davit Harutyunyan also visited the Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic, got acquainted with the Czech practice in the sphere and then presented the activities targeted at the development of the State Probation Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.
"Protection of minors during criminal proceedings" distance learning course launched
It was developed and introduced by the Justice Academy of the Republic of Armenia in co-operation with and with the support of the UNICEF. Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Krmoyan, Rector of the Justice Academy Sergey Arakelyan, judges, prosecutors, representatives of non-governmental organisations and others were also present at the presentation of the course.
Minister of Justice participates in session of multi-stakeholder group of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative of the Republic of Armenia
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Armenia Judith Margaret Farnworth, as well as representatives of stakeholder state bodies and organisations also took part in the meeting.
Minister of Justice: "Effectiveness of the governance system will increase only when the society consists of active citizens"
On behalf of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the Minister of Justice welcomed the launch of the Project and noted that the Government of the Republic of Armenia is open to deep and sincere co-operation. "We all understand very well that the Government is mainly responsible for developing and implementing policies, but it does not mean isolation at all since the effectiveness of the system of governance may increase only when the society consists of active citizens", Davit Harutyunyan said and attached importance to the existence of the Project, especially in the case of Armenia, the main resource of which is people who are dignified and have potential.
Issues related to healthcare within penitentiary institutions of Armenia and Georgia discussed
The meeting was organised for the purpose of considering the issues related to prison healthcare in both countries and the possible solutions to them in comparison and exchanging the best practices.
Working discussion within the scope of UN Sustainable Development Goals
Representatives of state bodies and non-governmental organisations of the Republic of Armenia took part in the meeting organised with the support of the UN Office in the Republic of Armenia. The main goal of the discussion was to establish the main directions and schedule of activities of the subgroup, as well as to create separate working groups around each goal.
Minister of Justice receives Ambassador of Argentina to Armenia
Greeting the Ambassador, the Minister highly appreciated the co-operation between the two countries in a number of directions and emphasised that there are strong foundations for the deepening of partnership in the justice sector.