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Minister of Justice holds a meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe
At the end of the meeting, the Minister also touched upon the unleashed broad-scale military actions against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on the night of 1-2 April.
Arpine Hovhannisyan responds to Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan
The Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan said in his speech that the judiciary of Azerbaijan would have worked more effectively, if 20 percent of the country’s territories had not been occupied, and they did not have one million refugees.
Minister of Justice: Armenia continues activities aimed at reforms of the judicial system of the Republic of Armenia
Today, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan said about this during the high-level Conference entitled "Strengthening Judicial Independence and Impartiality as a Pre-condition for the Rule of Law in Council of Europe Member States" launched in Sofia. In this context, the Minister has attached importance to the Executive Order of the President of the Republic of Armenia "On Approving the 2012-2016 Strategic Programme for Legal and Judicial Reforms and the List of Actions Deriving from the Programme”.
Minister of Justice on a working visit to Bulgaria
The aim of the Conference is to provide an opportunity to stimulate the dialogue between the Council of Europe and its member states on problems of independence and impartiality of the judiciary.
Legislative package on the “Introduction of Probation Service” is discussed with representatives of state, non-governmental and international organisations
Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan and other representatives of state, international and non-governmental organisations attended the event.
The Minister of Justice receives the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Arpine Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the current co-operation with the representatives of the UN and noted that currently the structures are co-operating within the framework of the Action Plan deriving from the National Strategy on Human Rights Protection, as well as of the draft of the new Electoral Code.
Armenia and China have a great potential to deepen co-operation in the legal sector
The Minister discussed with the Ambassador new programmes on deepening the co-operation in the legal sector, in particular, the opportunities of signing in future an agreement of mutual co-operation.
Vigen Kocharyan accepts delegation of the Advisory Committee on the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
During the meeting, a number of issues concerning the protection of national minorities were discussed.
Training course for freedom of information officers of state bodies
The Deputy Minister touched upon the principle of freedom of information emphasising its importance in the promotion of the transparency and accountability of state administration and local self-government bodies, as well as of the participatory and good governance.
Minister of Justice discusses issues of mutual interest with representatives of the World Bank
The Minister discussed with the representatives of the World Bank the priority programmes of the Ministry and the financial assistance opportunities aimed at their capacity building.
Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Armenia
Arpine Hovhannisyan introduced the guests to the priority programmes of the Ministry of Justice, amendments to be made to the legal acts after the constitutional reforms, in particular, the draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia and the results of the meetings being held with interested parties with regard thereto.
Government signs interstate agreement “On mutual legal assistance between the Republic of Armenia and State of Kuwait with regard to criminal cases”
The document was signed by Arpine Hovhannisyan, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, and Yaqoub-Al-Sane, Minister of Justice of the State of Kuwait and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.