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Consolidating workshop on Regulatory Reform Roadmap for Armenia was held
First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Mkrtchyan, Chief of the Legislative Support Unit of the OSCE/ODIHR Alice Thomas, ODIHR expert Alan Page, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hovhannes Sahakyan, OSCE experts, representatives of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the World Bank, employees of the National Assembly, the Government of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministries of Finance and Economy, civil society and other state structures attended the workshop.
Minister of Justice receives Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia
Arpine Hovhannisyan attached importance to the programmes carried out within the scope of co-operation between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the European Union and expressed hope for the implementation of more ambitious programmes.
Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic to the Republic of Armenia
Welcoming the guest, the Minister highly appreciated the existing political and economic relations between the two countries and, at the same time, emphasised that there was great potential for the deepening the mutual co-operation in the justice sector.
A number of issues relating to freedom of information sector discussed with GIZ expert
To remind, the Concept Paper for the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On freedom of information" is being developed with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan receives Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
The Minister added that she considers the co-operation between the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia as effective and that it is laid on good foundations to ensure continuity in the future, taking into consideration the new 2015-2018 Action Plan approved on 18 September 2015.
Working Group conducting study on institutional system for combating corruption holds sitting
The Working Group includes representatives from the "Armenian Young Lawyers Association", "Freedom of Information Center" and "Protection of Rights without Borders" non-governmental organisations, as well as of the Ministry of Justice.
Working discussion dedicated to compliance of the Law of Republic of Armenia “On protection of personal data” with the Council of Europe Convention No. 108
The event was organised with the financial assistance of Enhance the Right to Data Protection Project under the Council of Europe Eastern Partnership Programmatic Co-operation Framework.
Working discussion on draft Law of Republic of Armenia “On making amendments to the Civil Procedure Code of Republic of Armenia”
The discussion was attended by Senior Project Officer of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan Narine Gasparyan, local experts involved by the Council of Europe within the framework of the project “Strengthening the independence, professionalism and accountability of the Judicial system of Armenia” and a range of representatives of the state agencies of the Republic of Armenia.
Vigen Kocharyan appointed as Head of Interstate Working Group on improvement of mutual legal assistance of the CIS states
On 18 May, Deputy Minister of Justice Vigen Kocharyan — within the framework of International Legal Forum being conducted in Saint Petersburg — delivered a speech at the Conference titled "The Role of Acts of Eurasian Economic Union in the National Legal System".
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan elected as President of the Council of Ministers of Justice of the CIS states
And upon completion of the session the Ministers of Justice of the CIS states signed a Memorandum on development of co-operation on legal security of integration within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union. It is aimed at strengthening and developing the principles, adopted by the member states and the norms of international law.
Working discussion on “Protection of personal data and direct marketing”
Spokespersons of the workshop, Head of the Personal Data Protection Agency of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Shushan Doydoyan and Head of the Division for Conducting Administrative Proceedings Gevorg Hayrapetyan presented to the participants of state and private organisations present at the discussion the legislative framework of direct marketing in the Republic of Armenia and the European Union, and the mechanisms for protection of consumers against unwanted messages and calls.
Minister of Justice receives the World Bank Country Manager for Armenia
The Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia highly appreciated the current level of co-operation between the World Bank and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and emphasised that there is high potential for the deepening and developing thereof.
