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Report on activities carried out in probation sector

05/05/2018
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia presents the activities carried out in the probation sector in 2017-2018.

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Report on reforms implemented in the anti-corruption field and within the public administration system

05/05/2018
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia continues to implement reforms in the anti-corruption field and within the public administration system and presents the activities carried out recently.

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Minister of Justice discusses with British expert several issues related to labour legislation of the Republic of Armenia

26/04/2018
First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artur Hovhannisyan, Head of the Department of Legal Assurance of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Anahit Antonyan, Head of the Department for International Legal Cooperation of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Kristinne Grigoryan and other employees of the Ministry also participated in the first meeting of the four-day working discussions.

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Ministry of Justice refutes: response of Minister Harutyunyan concerned another issue

22/03/2018
In the publications on the website and in the newspaper, the question of the journalist and the response of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia were stated in the following way: In response to the question of "Armenian Times" on whether it is true that the experience of Germany was considered when deciding to hold the election of the Prime Minister through an open voting, the Minister said the following: "No, I don't know who is saying that, but that person is not saying the right thing."

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Minister of Justice discusses with Ambassador of China the opportunities for deepening of co-operation in legal sector

21/03/2018
The Minister of Justice congratulated the Ambassador on the re-election of the President of China and highlighted the fact that there is great potential for development of the Armenian-Chinese friendship.

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Minister of Justice touches upon activities being carried out in the anti-corruption sector with IMF representative

20/03/2018
Minister Harutyunyan discussed with the counterparts of the International Monetary Fund a number of issues of mutual interest and touched upon the activities being carried out in the fight against corruption and the reforms in the bankruptcy sector.

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Minister of Justice discusses with CoE counterpart a number of programmes aimed at deepening co-operation

20/03/2018
The Minister of Justice highly appreciated the existing co-operation with the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan and attached importance to the effective process of implementation of the programmes that are being jointly carried out.

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First stage of qualification test of candidates for notaries kicks off

19/03/2018
The first stage of the qualification test of candidates for notaries was kicked off today. You can follow the process of the testing stage online.

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OECD Monitoring Group in Armenia

16/03/2018
Within the scope of evaluation, the Monitoring Group, composed of 11 experts, is also having meetings with the representatives of several state bodies, non-governmental organisations and business representatives for the purpose of examining the process of completion of the 23 recommendations addressed to Armenia by the OECD in 2014.

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Draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On national minorities" to be adopted upon mutual consent of interested parties

14/03/2018
Deputies of the National Assembly representing national minorities, as well as nearly twenty members of the Council co-ordinating the activities of national-cultural organisations of national minorities of the Republic of Armenia attended the meeting. The goal of the discussion was to find a consensus over key provisions of the draft Law.

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Special training course for penitentiary officers of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia launched

12/03/2018
Within the scope of the training course, the officers will be introduced to the structure, significance of firearms and special means, their handling and keeping, the procedure and conditions for their employment and techniques, as well as the fundamentals for application of firearms and civil defence, the technical skills for implementation of the official tasks during mass disorders and other emergency cases at penitentiary institutions and more.

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Working discussion on draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On national minorities" held

12/03/2018
Members of the Public Council, led by President of the Council Vazgen Manukyan, and Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, representative of the Kurdish community Knyaz Hasanov participated in the meeting.

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