06/03/2017
Minister Hovhannisyan welcomed the observers and expressed willingness to answer all their questions regarding the electoral process that were of interest to them.

27/02/2017
Upon the proposal of the delegation, the Minister presented the process of development of the new Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia within the framework of constitutional reforms, the amendments made to the Code as a result of political consensus, particularly touching upon the publication of signed voters' lists and introduction of technical devices to be used for identification of a person.

23/02/2017
The human rights defenders presented to the Minister the results of the study conducted in 2016 that were particularly related to the protection of the rights of children with disabilities.

21/02/2017
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan today received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Armenia Judith Margaret Farnworth.

20/02/2017
On 20 February 2017, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia with the participation of Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan, Chairperson of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia Ara Zohrabyan and Head of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arthur Osikyan.

17/02/2017
The Personal Data Protection Agency of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia has established a list of the countries ensuring adequate level of protection of personal data. The list includes 50 states. The personal data may be transferred to a country included in the list without permission of the Agency.

17/02/2017
On 17 February, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Finland to the Republic of Armenia Arja Makkonen. The Minister welcomed the Ambassador and attached importance to the co-operation existing between the two countries in the legal sector.

14/02/2017
По словам Министра, для получения соответствующей справки от государственного органа вылетающие и прибывающие в "Звартноц" пассажиры смогут обратиться в действующий в аэропорту офис "Айпоста", подать заявление или получить уже подготовленный документ, сэкономив при этом и время, и средства на дорожные расходы.

10/02/2017
The commission established upon the order of the Minister of Justice, under the chairmanship of chairperson of the commission, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan, examined the documents of 9 NGOs having submitted applications to be included in the Council and decided to provide the organisations having submitted incomplete documents with an opportunity to correct those documents within two working days.

08/02/2017
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan reported that, in the course of the previous year, 150 draft legal acts, including draft legal acts on the Human Rights Defender, political parties, local self-government bodies, NGOs, draft legal acts of anti-corruption nature and other draft legal acts had been developed. The draft laws "On making amendments and supplements to the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia" and "On making amendments and supplements to the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia", by which it is envisaged to bring private legal relations into line with modern approaches, have been submitted to the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.

03/02/2017
On 3 February, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia considered with the representatives of state bodies and non-governmental organisations of the Republic of Armenia the draft Action Plan of the 2017-2019 National Strategy on Human Rights Protection.

02/02/2017
Marz can now visit the Ijevan branch of ArdshinBank or the office of HayPost in Haghardzin and obtain the document, saving both time and travel expenses.