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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.
Qualification examination for bankruptcy managers for the year 2016 was held
First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and Chairperson of the Examination Commission Artur Hovhannisyan presented the rules of the testing stage to the participants of the qualification test, after which the participants were handed the examination questionnaires and were given 150 minutes to complete them.
A unified office providing state services now accessible to citizens of Gyumri
This series of reforms launched upon the instruction of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia will be ongoing. Unified offices will be established in the rural communities of all the marzes, making state services more accessible to citizens of the Republic of Armenia.
Final event of the "Improving Access to Justice for Children" Programme was held
In this context, Artur Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the existing close co-operation between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and partner international organisations in the field of protection of the rights of children, particularly the efforts of the UN Children's Fund in this direction.
Arpine Hovhannisyan participated in the 109th Plenary Session of the Venice Commission
Presenting the main innovations, the Minister of Justice stated that the gap of the existing law had been filled and the powers of the Defender as the National Preventive Mechanism had been defined.
Arpine Hovhannisyan leaves for Venice on working visit
Let us mention that the Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR on the draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On political parties" will be approved during this session.
Suren Krmoyan participated in the Open Government Partnership Global Summit
During the event, Suren Krmoyan presented a number of issues relating to the best practices of the Government of the Republic of Armenia aimed at making governance more transparent for citizens and civil society, as well as the steps that have been and will be taken in the near future to introduce a participatory governance system.
Deputy Minister of Justice participated in the Workshop on Freedom of Expression and Media
The event was aimed at identifying the guarantees for the protection of freedom of expression and media in practice and those provided for by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which the Republic of Armenia ratified in 2002 and made a number of amendments to the national legislation and law-enforcement practice.
Minister of Justice discusses issues of mutual interest with representatives of the Council of Europe
Arpine Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the process of implementation of the Programme for "Strengthening the Independence, Professionalism and Accountability of the Justice System in Armenia" and expressed hope that it would be ongoing.
Public discussion on personal data protection
Head of the Agency for Protection of Personal Data of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, Shushan Doydoyan briefed the participants of the discussion on the activities carried out by the Agency for Protection of Personal Data of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia throughout the year, stressing that the principles of the activities for the first year were publicity and accountability, wide public awareness, the formation of soft law in a number of spheres, integration into the international family of personal data protection, etc.
Arpine Hovhannisyan attends opening of a unified office for provision of state services in Garni community
On 6 December, another unified office for the provision of state services, jointly with operators — established upon the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia — was opened under the direction of Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan. From now on, the HayPost office of Garni community of Kotayk Marz will provide state services to the adjacent villages of the community (Goght, Geghard, Hatsavan, Voghjaberd, Geghadir, etc.) as well.
Names of persons having passed qualification tests of candidates for notaries announced
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia — taking as a basis the requirements of point 52 of the procedure established by Decision No 789-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia "On approving the procedure for qualification tests of candidates for notaries" of 6 June 2002 — presents the names of persons having passed all the stages of qualification tests of candidates for notaries: Lilit Madoyan (father's name: Henrik), Tatevik Minasyan (father's name: Minas), Irina Minosyan (father's name: Kamo), Anna Ghazaryan (father's name: Levon), Marine Galstyan (father's name: Samvel), Roza Bekchyan (father's name: Seyran), Ruzanna Tonoyan (father's name: Armen), Rita Naroyan (father's name: Samvel), Armen Arakelyan (father's name: Samvel) and Kristine Martirosyan (father's name: Samvel).
