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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh meets with Minister of Justice of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan

09/07/2018
The Ministers also exchanged ideas on development of the legal-contractual base in the relations between the Republic of Artsakh and the Republic of Armenia.

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Meeting with Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan

09/07/2018
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Artsakh Ararat Danielyan and other officials participated in the meeting.

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Discussion devoted to reform in bankruptcy sector

06/07/2018
Members of the Supreme Judicial Council, judges of the Cassation Court, the Court of Appeal and the First Instance Court of the Republic of Armenia, representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, the State Revenue Committee and the Union of Banks, bankruptcy administrators and others participated in the discussion organised by the "Centre for Legislation Development and Legal Research" Foundation of the Ministry of Justice with the support of the USAID.

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Minister of Justice receives Ambassador of Japan to Armenia

04/07/2018
The Minister greeted the Ambassador and noted that Japan was one of the best friends of the Government of Armenia with which there was a big potential to deepen the co-operation.

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National lawyer to be seconded to the ECHR

04/07/2018
With the purpose of making the process of selecting the national lawyer to be seconded more transparent, the Minister Justice of the Republic of Armenia has signed an order on approving the procedure for organisation of a competition of contenders, establishment and activities of the competition commission.

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Minister Zeynalyan visits Justice Academy and "Expertise Centre" SNCO

03/07/2018
On the same day, Minister Zeynalyan also visited the "Expertise Centre" SNCO of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia. During the tour, Director of the Centre Artashes Suchyan and the heads of divisions introduced to the Minister the activities of the institution, the facilities for performing expert-examination, as well as the conditions of the expert-examination equipment.

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Working discussion on the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On regulatory legal acts"

29/06/2018
Artur Hovhannisyan attached importance to the organisation of such discussions of laws in terms of establishing a common practice in the course of enforcement thereof and noted that there was a constant flow of questions regarding the Law both in the course of development of the draft and after adoption of the Law. Within that context, the Deputy Minister assured that the Law would be reviewed after a while. The First Deputy Minister wished the participants a productive and meaningful discussion.

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Minister of Justice assigns to raise level of effectiveness of services provided by notaries

28/06/2018
Chairperson of the Chamber Vanine Hovsepyan expressed her gratitude to the Minister for the visit and noted that even though amendments have been made to the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On Notary" during recent years, there is still a need to improve the sector. The Chairperson of the Chamber attached special importance to the need for notaries to establish a common practice and the need for the creation of a unified archive.

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Vigen Kocharyan participates in round-table discussion entitled "Combating racial discrimination and intolerance"

27/06/2018
The objective of the meeting was to find - as a result of holding discussions - proportionate solutions for ensuring implementation of the recommendations presented in the 2016 Report of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) on Armenia.

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Number of bankruptcy-related issues bankruptcy discussed with WB representatives

27/06/2018
Director of the Foundation Tigran Markosyan stated that the development of the bankruptcy field was one of the priorities of the Government. According to him, within the scope of activities carried out in this field, the reports submitted by the World Bank and the certain emphases made therein have been always taken into consideration.

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Minister Zeynalyan attaches importance to activities aimed at excluding corruption risks in the Agency for State Register of Legal Entities

27/06/2018
Deputy Minister Suren Krmoyan and Head of the Agency Garush Davtyan presented to Minister Zeynalyan the problems related to daily tasks and talked about the issues that require urgent solutions. The issues were mainly related to the need to carry out legislative reforms in the field, as well as the need for improvement of building conditions and for technical equipment.

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Vigen Kocharyan receives member of International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Galina Korchagina

27/06/2018
During the meeting, the parties touched upon the legal regulations related to the field of the fight against narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the Republic of Armenia. In particular, Deputy Minister Kocharyan presented the functions of different state institutions in the field of control over traffic of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and the legal acts regulating them, emphasising that the legal regulations are constantly updated and upgraded, in relation to the existence of newly emerging narcotic drugs.

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