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Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Armenia

17/06/2016
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan today received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Armenia Timur Urazaev.

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RA Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan hands over diplomas to PR Academy graduates

16/06/2016
Emphasising the role of PR specialists in forming public opinion, and noted that competent and informed specialists might impact decision-making. According to her, it is hard to imagine social and political relations in the 21st century without strong and honest ties with the public, while PR specialists assume the role of providing these ties.

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Minister of Justice receives Presidents of International Union of Notaries and UINL European Affairs Commission

14/06/2016
Arpine Hovhannisyan emphasised the importance of the visit of the guests to Armenia at the invitation of the Notarial Chamber of the Republic of Armenia, and stressed that there is a significant potential for developing the co-operation between the Notarial Chamber of the Republic of Armenia and the International Union of Notaries.

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Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR to submit final opinion on fully adopted new Electoral Code of RA

10/06/2016
Arpine Hovhannisyan expressed gratitude for the opinion, and in her speech she touched upon key recommendations of the Venice Commission implemented in the fully adopted Code, and at the same time she presented the grounds for failure to accept some of the recommendations.

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Training course for Freedom of Information officers of state bodies

10/06/2016
Participants of the training course included Shushan Doydoyan, Head of the Personal Data Protection Agency of the RA Ministry of Justice, David Gullette, Democratisation Programme Officer of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Gevorg Hayrapetyan, Head of the Department of the Agency on Conducting Administrative Proceedings, information and public relations officers of bodies of state administration of the Republic of Armenia, experts and lawyers.

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Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Armenia

03/06/2016
Welcoming the guests, the Minister highly appreciated the current level of relations between the two states and stressed that there is a significant potential for establishing co-operation with Italy in the justice sector.

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First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia receives expert of the United Nations Children's Fund Reidar Hjermann

01/06/2016
During the meeting, the parties touched upon a number of issues connected with the system of children's rights, including improvement of access to justice for children at the legislative level, the activities of specialised structures, accessibility of services and the introduction and development of mechanisms for monitoring cases of violations of children's rights.

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Minister of Justice touches upon sector-related problems during meeting with employees of the Civil Acts Registration Agency

01/06/2016
Arpine Hovhannisyan, attaching importance to the role and significance of the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency in the activities of the Ministry and in the citizen service sector, mentioned that such a meeting would provide the opportunity to identify in practice the problems that exist in the sector and find paths for effective solution to those problems

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Minister of Justice participates in opening ceremony of the bust of Mkhitar Gosh

31/05/2016
On 31 May, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan participated in the opening ceremony of the bust of Mkhitar Gosh. The Minister congratulated Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia Ara Zohrabyan on such an initiative and added that the legal community needed the continuity of such initiatives.

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Arpine Hovhannisyan discusses issues relating to strengthening of co-operation in justice sector with Iranian counterpart

31/05/2016
Arpine Hovhannisyan greeted her counterpart and mentioned that Iran, being the most reliable partner and one of the friendly countries of Armenia, has great potential for the deepening of co-operation with Armenia in the justice sector.

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Personal Data Protection Agency of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia recognised as European national data protection authority

31/05/2016
This conference, which is devoted to the developments in the sphere of personal data protection and the presentation of experience of different countries, is the meeting of authorised data protection authorities of the European Union and other European states that usually ends with the adoption of major documents relating to the sphere.

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Reforms implemented in the justice sector of the Republic of Armenia over 25 years presented

30/05/2016
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Switalski, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan, heads of non-governmental organisations and others attended the conference.

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