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Representative of the Ministry of Justice participates in an International Conference: “Celebrating the Right to Information’s 250th Anniversary”
On 21-22 September, the representative of the Ministry of Justice participated in an International Conference “Celebrating the Right to Information’s 250th Anniversary” held in Kyiv which was aimed at further strengthening of national regulations.
Arpine Hovhannisyan: “There is a price to pay for any consensus”
In particular, Arpine Hovhannisyan touched upon the processes that followed the constitutional referendum in 2015, that is, the discussions on the new Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia in different formats, the agreements reached as a result of the discussions, etc.
Silver commemorative medals granted on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Independence
Granting the commemorative medals, First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Mkrtchyan congratulated the recipients and noted that, on exactly the second year of functioning of the Academy of Justice after being established in 2013, everyone stated that it is a successful structure.
Arpine Hovhannisyan leaves for Poland on two-day visit
During the event entitled “The Developments Following Electoral Assessment and Recommendations”, Arpine Hovhannisyan will present the latest developments related to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia and the experience of the electoral process in Armenia.
Names of persons having passed the Qualification Test of Notary Candidates announced
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, accepting as a basis the requirements in point 52 of Order approved upon Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia No 789-N of 6 June 2002 “On approving the procedure for the qualification test of notary candidates”, presents the names of the persons who passed all the stages of the qualification test of notary candidates. They are: Naira Manucharyan (father's name: Rafayel), Karine Torosyan (father's name: Karlen), Meri Aslanyan (father's name: Petros), Diana Abrahamyan (father's name: Samson) and Tsovinar Ananyan (father's name: Ruben).
Arpine Hovhannisyan receives newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Armenia Giorgi Saganelidze
The Acting Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia highly appreciated the current level of the multilateral co-operation between the two countries and emphasised that there is great potential for the deepening of that co-operation.
Visit of the delegation headed by Arsen Mkrtchyan to the Federal Republic of Germany
During the four-day visit, the delegation visited the state office of Lower Saxony, the Federal Ministries of Justice of the same state and of the Federal Republic of Germany, considered the German experience in the planning of legislation, in the delivery of regulatory impact and in the organising of legislative monitoring, as well as the peculiarities of the preparation of draft laws, consideration thereof with interested parties, the summing-up of opinions and the impact of expenditures.
Agreement on the creation of a Centre for Improvement of Legislation and Legal Research
The agreement was signed by Acting Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan, U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Richard Mills and Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Yerevan Mission Deborah Grieser.
Drafts laws prepared within the scope of the fight against corruption considered during a session of Public Council
Arpine Hovhannisyan greeted the gathered and highlighted the importance of the issues included in the agenda of the session of the newly established Public Council.
Draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On domestic violence" discussed
The purpose of the meeting was to consider the international experience and develop legal and effective mechanisms for preventing and combating domestic violence in Armenia.
Children presented their problems concerning protection of their rights to the Council for Juvenile Justice
Among the participants of the meeting were Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan, Director of the "Rehabilitation Centre for Offenders" SNCO Gayane Hovakimyan, Child Protection Officer at UNICEF Armenia Hayk Khemchyan, Deputy Director of UNICEF Armenia Liv Elin Indreiten, the members of the Council of Juvenile Justice, etc.
Students of the Faculty of Law of "Roma Tre" University of Italy visit the "Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia" SNCO
Within the scope of co-operation with the European Prison Training Academies, on 5-7 September, students of the Faculty of Law of "Roma Tre" University of the Republic of Italy paid a study visit to Armenia to get acquainted with the peculiarities of the penitentiary system of the Republic of Armenia.
