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A number of employees of a penitentiary institution subjected to disciplinary liability
Upon the orders of Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan of 20 January 2017, disciplinary penalties have been imposed on a number of employees of "Sevan" Penitentiary Institution. In particular, based on the results of official investigations, disciplinary penalties (“severe reprimand” and “reprimand”) have been imposed on the head of "Sevan" Penitentiary Institution of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, his or her deputy, the deputy head of the Security Unit, as well as the responsible on-duty officer for improper performance of official duties, as well as for abuse of official powers.
More than ten thousand entrepreneurs have registered in the course of one year
In the same period, 290 non-governmental organisations, 8 political parties, 6 unions of legal entities, 104 funds and foundations, 9 trade unions, 1 religious organisation, 10 state administrative institutions, 16 community administrative institutions and 57 consumer co-operatives were registered.
Arpine Hovhannisyan presented in Strasbourg activities carried out in the sector of democratic reforms in the Republic of Armenia
Arpine Hovhannisyan touched upon the 2015-2018 Action Plan for Armenia, the processes that followed the constitutional amendments, as well as the 2012-2016 Strategic Plan for Judiciary Reforms approved by the executive order of the President of the Republic of Armenia. Within this context, the Minister set aside a number of significant achievements, in particular the introduction of an electronic mechanism for the distribution of cases among judges, the specification of objective criteria for assessing the performance of judges, etc.
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan meets with Nils Muižnieks and Thorbjørn Jagland
Within the framework of the visit, the Minister today met with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks and the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland. During the meeting, the parties discussed the 2015-2018 CoE-Armenia Action Plan, as well as touched upon a number of issues related to the protection of human rights, the Electoral Code and the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
Template for request for information
Guided by point 8 of Article 9 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On freedom of information" and with the view of significantly reducing the time and material resources required for the delivery of paper versions of responses to the applications, complaints, inquiries and recommendations of citizens, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia encourages applicants to mark “electronic mail” as the preferred option for receiving responses to their inquiries. Click http://moj.am/page/591 for the template for the application.
We urge citizens to take advantage of the unified offices for provision of state services-MoJ
Those offices are already operating at HayPost CJSC (address: 21 Nalbandyan Street), ArdShinBank CJSC (address: 24 Tigran Mets Street), Ameriabank CJSC (address: 6 Deghatan Street) and Converse Bank CJSC (address: 4/6 Kajaznuni Street), as well as at the post offices of Garni community, as well as in the cities of Gyumri (address: 5 Rizhkov Street) and Etchmiadzin (2 M. Mashtots Street).
Training course on use of e-draft.am in practice
On 28 December, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia organised a training course on the use of e-draft.am in practice. Among the participants of the training course were the staff members of a number of state organisations.
Minister of Justice receives officials responsible for "Constructive Dialogue Initiative" Project
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan today received representatives of the "Armenian Lawyers’ Association" (AAL) and partnering organisations within the scope of the "Constructive Dialogue Initiative" Project.
Office for provision of state services was opened in Etchmiadzin
According to Arpine Hovhannisyan, the population of the city of Etchmiadzin and the neighbouring settlements do not have to go to Yerevan to obtain a number of documents; instead, they will go to the Post Office in Etchmiadzin (2 M. Mashtots), fill out the application for receiving the requested document and obtain it within the specified time-frame.
Arpine Hovhannisyan sums up activities of the Ministry in 2016
During a meeting with journalists at the Press Centre of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan today presented the activities carried out by the Ministry in 2016, particularly touching upon a number of reforms that had been implemented in the sector.
Arpine Hovhannisyan receives newly appointed Ambassador of Bulgaria to the Republic of Armenia
On 21 December, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan received newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Armenia Maria Pavlova Tsotzorkova-Kaymaktchieva.
Names of persons having passed qualification tests for bankruptcy managers announced
Let us remind that out of 53 applicants having submitted initial applications, 49 participated in the testing stage, of which 42 participants were invited to an interview.
