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

21/02/2019
On 21 February, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Armenia Johannes Daumann.

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Draft strategy for improving the situation in the penitentiary system discussed with representatives of NGOs

21/02/2019
Today, Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Krmoyan discussed with about ten representatives from non-governmental organisations the draft strategy for improving the situation in the penitentiary system and the Action Plan for implementation thereof.

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Deputy Ministers receive the members of the group having familiarised with the American experience in application of alternative measures of restraint

20/02/2019
Today, Deputy Ministers of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan and Artak Asatryan received the members of the group having participated in Criminal Justice Collaboration and Partnership Program of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative.

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Vigen Kocharyan participates in the EU Eastern Partnership Platform 1 meeting in Brussels

20/02/2019
On 19 February 2019, the delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Kocharyan participated in the 19th Eastern Partnership Platform 1 on "Strengthening Institutions and Good Governance" of EU.

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Issues on establishing anti-corruption body discussed with the IMF Expert Group

18/02/2019
On 15 February, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan received the Expert Group of the Intentional Monetary Fund (IMF). The delegation was lead by Head of the International Monetary Fund Mission Hossein Samiei. Deputy Minister Krmoyan welcomed the members of the delegation implementing evaluation mission in Armenia and attached importance to the activities carried out by the delegation in the field of anti-corruption policy.

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"We will not create courts judging the courts". Artak Zeynalyan

14/02/2019
Sitting of the Scientific Board takes place in the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University, during which the topic of transitional justice is also discussed

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Suren Krmoyan. "The Government has been recently carrying out large scale activities to guarantee the freedom of information"

12/02/2019
Today, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan participated in the workshop entitled "Freedom of information in Armenia: 16 years of experience". The event was held by the Freedom of Information Centre of Armenia in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, with the assistance of UNESCO. Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Lena Nazaryan, President of the Freedom of Information Centre of Armenia Shushan Doydoyan, international expert, Executive Director of the Centre for Law and Democracy Toby Mendel and others participated in the meeting as well.

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Woman convicts acquired professional skills in penitentiary institution

08/02/2019
On 7 February, the Award Ceremony of Certificates on professional skills of woman convicts took place in "Abovyan" Penitentiary Institution. Classes in the English language, computer, fitness, yoga, hairdressing, cooking were provided for more than twenty woman convicts by Civil Society Institute NGO within the scope of “Abovyan Prison: Establishing a Culture of Transparency, Efficiency and Rehabilitation” Project funded by U.S. Embassy. During the computer classes, woman convicts were also engaged in the activities of digitising books.

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Draft Law "On making amendments and supplements to the Administrative Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia" and related draft laws discussed

05/02/2019
On 4 February, a discussion of draft Law "On making amendments and supplements to the Administrative Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia" and related draft laws took place with the participation of First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artur Hovhannisyan, which was organised by the "Centre for Legislation Development and Legal Research" Foundation of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.

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Announcement

01/02/2019
Taking into consideration public interest in pardon petitions, we would like to inform that the Ministry of Justice has, as and within the time limits prescribed by law, received from the Staff to the President of the Republic of Armenia the decrees on pardon petitions, which will be submitted to the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia for the purpose of informing convicts and ensuring execution of those pardon petitions.

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Probation Service presents 2018 Repor

01/02/2019
Today, the Report on the activities of the Probation Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia for the year 2018 was presented with the participation of Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan.

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Legal regulations envisaged for revealing real owners considered

31/01/2019
On 30 January, Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Krmoyan received Deputy Head of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Eddie Rich and Country Manager at the EITI International Secretariat Oliana Valigura. The timetable for introducing the register of real owners, acquisition of financial resources, priority actions, enforcement mechanisms — envisaged by the Fourth Action Plan of the Open Government Partnership initiative of the Government of the Republic of Armenia — and other issues were discussed during the meeting.

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