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First workshop of co-ordinators of combat against corruption of state bodies held
Nearly two dozens of employees of government agencies were attending the workshop.
Deputy Minister of Justice receives State Secretary for Human Rights of Argentina
Touching upon the existing co-operation between the Ministries of Justice of the two countries, the First Deputy Minister emphasised that there is great potential to deepen the co-operation, particularly in the fields of human rights protection and access to justice.
Draft Administrative Offences Code of the Republic of Armenia submitted for public discussions
Adoption of the new Administrative Offences Code is supposed to include all administrative offences in one integrated and comprehensive legal act. Besides, adoption of the new code will significantly reform the legislative framework of administrative sanctions and administrative fines.
Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Armenia
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan today received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Armenia Timur Urazaev.
RA Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan hands over diplomas to PR Academy graduates
Emphasising the role of PR specialists in forming public opinion, and noted that competent and informed specialists might impact decision-making. According to her, it is hard to imagine social and political relations in the 21st century without strong and honest ties with the public, while PR specialists assume the role of providing these ties.
Minister of Justice receives Presidents of International Union of Notaries and UINL European Affairs Commission
Arpine Hovhannisyan emphasised the importance of the visit of the guests to Armenia at the invitation of the Notarial Chamber of the Republic of Armenia, and stressed that there is a significant potential for developing the co-operation between the Notarial Chamber of the Republic of Armenia and the International Union of Notaries.
Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR to submit final opinion on fully adopted new Electoral Code of RA
Arpine Hovhannisyan expressed gratitude for the opinion, and in her speech she touched upon key recommendations of the Venice Commission implemented in the fully adopted Code, and at the same time she presented the grounds for failure to accept some of the recommendations.
Training course for Freedom of Information officers of state bodies
Participants of the training course included Shushan Doydoyan, Head of the Personal Data Protection Agency of the RA Ministry of Justice, David Gullette, Democratisation Programme Officer of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Gevorg Hayrapetyan, Head of the Department of the Agency on Conducting Administrative Proceedings, information and public relations officers of bodies of state administration of the Republic of Armenia, experts and lawyers.
Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Armenia
Welcoming the guests, the Minister highly appreciated the current level of relations between the two states and stressed that there is a significant potential for establishing co-operation with Italy in the justice sector.
First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia receives expert of the United Nations Children's Fund Reidar Hjermann
During the meeting, the parties touched upon a number of issues connected with the system of children's rights, including improvement of access to justice for children at the legislative level, the activities of specialised structures, accessibility of services and the introduction and development of mechanisms for monitoring cases of violations of children's rights.
Minister of Justice touches upon sector-related problems during meeting with employees of the Civil Acts Registration Agency
Arpine Hovhannisyan, attaching importance to the role and significance of the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency in the activities of the Ministry and in the citizen service sector, mentioned that such a meeting would provide the opportunity to identify in practice the problems that exist in the sector and find paths for effective solution to those problems
Minister of Justice participates in opening ceremony of the bust of Mkhitar Gosh
On 31 May, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan participated in the opening ceremony of the bust of Mkhitar Gosh. The Minister congratulated Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia Ara Zohrabyan on such an initiative and added that the legal community needed the continuity of such initiatives.
