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Arpine Hovhannisyan discusses issues relating to strengthening of co-operation in justice sector with Iranian counterpart

31/05/2016
Arpine Hovhannisyan greeted her counterpart and mentioned that Iran, being the most reliable partner and one of the friendly countries of Armenia, has great potential for the deepening of co-operation with Armenia in the justice sector.

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Personal Data Protection Agency of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia recognised as European national data protection authority

31/05/2016
This conference, which is devoted to the developments in the sphere of personal data protection and the presentation of experience of different countries, is the meeting of authorised data protection authorities of the European Union and other European states that usually ends with the adoption of major documents relating to the sphere.

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Reforms implemented in the justice sector of the Republic of Armenia over 25 years presented

30/05/2016
Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Switalski, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan, heads of non-governmental organisations and others attended the conference.

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Minister of Justice visits Shirak Marz

30/05/2016
The first stop of the Minister was the Marzpetaran (marz governor's office) of Shirak Marz where, during private talks with Marzpet (marz governor) Hovsep Simonyan, she discussed a number of issues concerning the residents of the Marz and relating to the functions of the Ministry of Justice.

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Consolidating workshop on Regulatory Reform Roadmap for Armenia was held

30/05/2016
First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Mkrtchyan, Chief of the Legislative Support Unit of the OSCE/ODIHR Alice Thomas, ODIHR expert Alan Page, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hovhannes Sahakyan, OSCE experts, representatives of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the World Bank, employees of the National Assembly, the Government of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministries of Finance and Economy, civil society and other state structures attended the workshop.

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Minister of Justice receives Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia

27/05/2016
Arpine Hovhannisyan attached importance to the programmes carried out within the scope of co-operation between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the European Union and expressed hope for the implementation of more ambitious programmes.

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

25/05/2016
Welcoming the guest, the Minister highly appreciated the existing political and economic relations between the two countries and, at the same time, emphasised that there was great potential for the deepening the mutual co-operation in the justice sector.

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A number of issues relating to freedom of information sector discussed with GIZ expert

23/05/2016
To remind, the Concept Paper for the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On freedom of information" is being developed with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

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Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan receives Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

20/05/2016
The Minister added that she considers the co-operation between the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia as effective and that it is laid on good foundations to ensure continuity in the future, taking into consideration the new 2015-2018 Action Plan approved on 18 September 2015.

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Working Group conducting study on institutional system for combating corruption holds sitting

20/05/2016
The Working Group includes representatives from the "Armenian Young Lawyers Association", "Freedom of Information Center" and "Protection of Rights without Borders" non-governmental organisations, as well as of the Ministry of Justice.

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Working discussion dedicated to compliance of the Law of Republic of Armenia “On protection of personal data” with the Council of Europe Convention No. 108

20/05/2016
The event was organised with the financial assistance of Enhance the Right to Data Protection Project under the Council of Europe Eastern Partnership Programmatic Co-operation Framework.

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Working discussion on draft Law of Republic of Armenia “On making amendments to the Civil Procedure Code of Republic of Armenia”

20/05/2016
The discussion was attended by Senior Project Officer of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan Narine Gasparyan, local experts involved by the Council of Europe within the framework of the project “Strengthening the independence, professionalism and accountability of the Judicial system of Armenia” and a range of representatives of the state agencies of the Republic of Armenia.

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