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Report on activities of the Ministry of Justice for 2017
Report on activities of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia for 2017
Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Armenia
Minister Harutyunyan highly appreciated bilateral co-operation in the justice sector, particularly in the context of implementation of the Armenia-CoE Action Plan and emphasised that there was great potential to deepen the collaboration.
E-civil electronic system presented to trainees of Diplomatic School
According to Ani Mkhitaryan, thanks to the e-civil system introduced on 30 September 2014 and operating throughout the whole territory of the Republic of Armenia, today, all 52 CSAR territorial bodies perform their functions exclusively via an electronic system.
Ministry of Justice presented new electronic tools for electronic democracy and participation
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Davit Harutyunyan, Chief of Staff of the Government of the Republic of Armenia Vahe Stepanyan, Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Switalski, Acting Resident Coordinator of UNDP Armenian office Dmitry Mariyasin, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Qrmoyan, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Smbat Sairyan, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government Vahe Jilavyan and others participated in the event.
Beneficiaries of State Probation Service participated in screening of film devoted to Artsakh movement
Head of the State Probation Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Navasardyan, freedom fighter of the "Special Regiment" Gor Tamamyan and other officers of the Service participated in the screening of the film.
Minister of Justice receives representatives of Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR
In particular, the Minister of Justice answered the questions that were of interest to the experts, dwelled on the regulations suggested by the draft Law and the recommendations of the team of experts regarding thereto.
Number of operators performing functions of service offices of public administration bodies increased
As Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Davit Harutyunyan announced during today’s government sitting, attaching importance to the role and importance of operators from the perspective of making services rendered by public administration bodies available and accessible to citizens and legal persons to the greatest possible extent, a need is arising to continuously expand the list of operators.
Minister of Justice participates in “Public Sector Innovation Week” event
According to Davit Harutyunyan, the Ministry of Justice is one of the leaders in electronic innovation, and this is especially attested by the introduction of the www.e-draft.am/ platform for public discussion of draft legal acts, launched last year. “Previously, it was the civil society that was very actively participating in the discussion of legislative initiatives, whereas currently, we have a huge engagement of citizens and business representatives. If we analyse, we will see a significant increase. Every day, there are approximately 3,000 people visiting the website, who actively study the legislative field,“ the Minister stated, attaching importance also to introduction of the system for online submission of applications for lump-sum childbirth allowance, creation of the e-appostille.am electronic apostille system and the e-hotline.am hotline website.
Discussion on findings of sociological research on institution of whistle-blowing held
During the meeting, the findings of the sociological research concerning citizens’ attitudes towards whistle-blowing, the negative consequences of failure to whistle-blow, the willingness to whistle-blow on cases of corruption and other issues were presented to the participants. Touching upon the findings of the survey, Deputy Minister Suren Krmoyan emphasised that, at this stage of introduction of the institution of whistle-blowing, the most important thing is to eliminate the element of indifference among the public.
Minister of Justice introduces newly-appointed head of Penitentiary Department
The Minister congratulated Rafael Hovhannisyan on his appointment, emphasising that he highly appreciates his professional experience within the penitentiary system, which will certainly help provide effective and prompt solutions to the problems and challenges facing the sector.
Minister of Justice receives delegation headed by European Commission representative Vassilis Maragos
Vassilis Maragos emphasised the importance of the process of reforms implemented in the justice sector and expressed willingness to continue and enhance co-operation in that direction.
Discussion on the results, objectives and perspectives of the activities of the Probation Service in the first year
According to Deputy Minister Suren Krmoyan, by launching the Probation Service, the Government of the Republic of Armenia stated and affirmed its will to introduce restorative justice systems, and this means that the aims of punishment can be achieved not only by holding persons within detention facilities, but also by re-socialising them.
