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Unified office for provision of state services launched at Armeconombank branch

28/03/2017
During the launch of the office, two citizens received a certificate of no criminal record and a statement of information on registering as an individual entrepreneur, requested in advance.

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The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia will co-operate with Luys Foundation

28/03/2017
Expressing his gratitude to the Executive Director of educational programmes of Luys Foundation Jacqueline Karaaslanian, Suren Krmoyan noted that this conference would provide an opportunity to reveal the problems the IT and technological companies faced, and added that the Ministry of Justice and the Government of the Republic of Armenia were ready to discuss and propose solutions for resolving the issues impeding the technological development.

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Stage of checking qualifications of notaries starts; the process may be followed on-line

27/03/2017
The applicant will receive one point for each correct answer to the test question, and zero point for an incorrect answer or for marking more than one answer for the indicated question.

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Prospects for establishment of Business Ombudsman Institute in Armenia discussed

16/03/2017
Suren Krmoyan highly appreciated the cooperation with the EBRD and discussed with his counterpart the prospects for the establishment and development of the Business Ombudsman Institute in Armenia.

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American University of Armenia hosts presentation of e-draft.am

15/03/2017
The event was organised by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, on the initiative of the AUA Center for Responsible Mining and the LL.M. Program. The aim of the meeting was to present the opportunities and instrumentation of the website and encourage the stakeholders to use the website actively.

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Issues on legal and judicial reforms in the Republic of Armenia discussed

06/03/2017
The aim of the meeting was to analyse — within the framework of the Strategic Programme for Legal and Judicial Reforms in the Republic of Armenia — the current state of progress in the reforms of the judicial and legal system and penitentiary sphere in Armenia, as well as in the fight for prevention of torture.

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Arpine Hovhannisyan receives representatives of CIS/IPA observation mission

06/03/2017
Minister Hovhannisyan welcomed the observers and expressed willingness to answer all their questions regarding the electoral process that were of interest to them.

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Arpine Hovhannisyan receives representatives of OSCE/ODIHR observation mission

27/02/2017
Upon the proposal of the delegation, the Minister presented the process of development of the new Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia within the framework of constitutional reforms, the amendments made to the Code as a result of political consensus, particularly touching upon the publication of signed voters' lists and introduction of technical devices to be used for identification of a person.

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Arpine Hovhannisyan receives representatives of Human Rights Watch

23/02/2017
The human rights defenders presented to the Minister the results of the study conducted in 2016 that were particularly related to the protection of the rights of children with disabilities.

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Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Armenia Judith Margaret Farnworth

21/02/2017
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan today received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Armenia Judith Margaret Farnworth.

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Joint statement of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia

20/02/2017
On 20 February 2017, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia with the participation of Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan, Chairperson of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia Ara Zohrabyan and Head of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arthur Osikyan.

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List of countries ensuring adequate level of protection of personal data established

17/02/2017
The Personal Data Protection Agency of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia has established a list of the countries ensuring adequate level of protection of personal data. The list includes 50 states. The personal data may be transferred to a country included in the list without permission of the Agency.

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