05/03/2018
Afterwards, Deputy Minister Kocharyan responded to the questions of the representatives of national minorities and interpreted in detail certain provisions of the draft Law, including the provisions regarding the procedure for formation and the status of the advisory body.

01/03/2018
According to Minister Harutyunyan, preconditions for the integration of a penitentiary medical aid service into the system of public healthcare and the improvement of the quality of medical aid and services being provided will be created through adoption of the draft. "It is proposed to establish a structure providing medical services under the subordination of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia which, on the one hand, will provide the opportunity to increase confidence in the medical services provided at penitentiary institutions and, on the other hand, most importantly, will ensure the independence of doctors from the penitentiary service," Davit Harutyunyan highlighted.

20/02/2018
Report on activities of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia for 2017

19/02/2018
Minister Harutyunyan highly appreciated bilateral co-operation in the justice sector, particularly in the context of implementation of the Armenia-CoE Action Plan and emphasised that there was great potential to deepen the collaboration.

15/02/2018
According to Ani Mkhitaryan, thanks to the e-civil system introduced on 30 September 2014 and operating throughout the whole territory of the Republic of Armenia, today, all 52 CSAR territorial bodies perform their functions exclusively via an electronic system.

09/02/2018
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Davit Harutyunyan, Chief of Staff of the Government of the Republic of Armenia Vahe Stepanyan, Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Switalski, Acting Resident Coordinator of UNDP Armenian office Dmitry Mariyasin, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Qrmoyan, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Smbat Sairyan, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government Vahe Jilavyan and others participated in the event.

08/02/2018
Head of the State Probation Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Navasardyan, freedom fighter of the "Special Regiment" Gor Tamamyan and other officers of the Service participated in the screening of the film.

07/02/2018
In particular, the Minister of Justice answered the questions that were of interest to the experts, dwelled on the regulations suggested by the draft Law and the recommendations of the team of experts regarding thereto.

02/02/2018
As Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Davit Harutyunyan announced during today’s government sitting, attaching importance to the role and importance of operators from the perspective of making services rendered by public administration bodies available and accessible to citizens and legal persons to the greatest possible extent, a need is arising to continuously expand the list of operators.

31/01/2018
According to Davit Harutyunyan, the Ministry of Justice is one of the leaders in electronic innovation, and this is especially attested by the introduction of the www.e-draft.am/ platform for public discussion of draft legal acts, launched last year. “Previously, it was the civil society that was very actively participating in the discussion of legislative initiatives, whereas currently, we have a huge engagement of citizens and business representatives. If we analyse, we will see a significant increase. Every day, there are approximately 3,000 people visiting the website, who actively study the legislative field,“ the Minister stated, attaching importance also to introduction of the system for online submission of applications for lump-sum childbirth allowance, creation of the e-appostille.am electronic apostille system and the e-hotline.am hotline website.

30/01/2018
During the meeting, the findings of the sociological research concerning citizens’ attitudes towards whistle-blowing, the negative consequences of failure to whistle-blow, the willingness to whistle-blow on cases of corruption and other issues were presented to the participants. Touching upon the findings of the survey, Deputy Minister Suren Krmoyan emphasised that, at this stage of introduction of the institution of whistle-blowing, the most important thing is to eliminate the element of indifference among the public.

29/01/2018
The Minister congratulated Rafael Hovhannisyan on his appointment, emphasising that he highly appreciates his professional experience within the penitentiary system, which will certainly help provide effective and prompt solutions to the problems and challenges facing the sector.