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Draft law of the Republic of Armenia “On making amendments and supplements to the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia” was discussed

28/04/2016
On 28 April draft law of the Republic of Armenia “On making amendments and supplements to the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia” was discussed at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.

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Training course on freedom of information for freedom of information officers of state bodies

28/04/2016
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia jointly with the OSCE Office in Yerevan organised a training course for freedom of information officers of state bodies entitled "Freedom of information as a tool for promoting the transparency of state bodies and integrity of state officials" from 27 to 28 April.

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Minister of Justice of Armenia discussed issues of mutual interest with her Bulgarian counterpart

23/04/2016
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan met with Minister of Justice of the Republic of Bulgaria Ekaterina Zakharieva in Sofia on 22 April.

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Minister of Justice presents to President of the Venice Commission progress of discussions on draft Electoral Code with parties concerned.

22/04/2016
Arpine Hovhannisyan presented to the President of the Venice Commission new draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia, progress of discussions in this regard with public figures, as well as the amendments made to the draft during that period.

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Minister of Justice holds a meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe

22/04/2016
At the end of the meeting, the Minister also touched upon the unleashed broad-scale military actions against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on the night of 1-2 April.

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Arpine Hovhannisyan responds to Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan

21/04/2016
The Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan said in his speech that the judiciary of Azerbaijan would have worked more effectively, if 20 percent of the country’s territories had not been occupied, and they did not have one million refugees.

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Minister of Justice: Armenia continues activities aimed at reforms of the judicial system of the Republic of Armenia

21/04/2016
Today, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan said about this during the high-level Conference entitled "Strengthening Judicial Independence and Impartiality as a Pre-condition for the Rule of Law in Council of Europe Member States" launched in Sofia. In this context, the Minister has attached importance to the Executive Order of the President of the Republic of Armenia "On Approving the 2012-2016 Strategic Programme for Legal and Judicial Reforms and the List of Actions Deriving from the Programme”.

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Minister of Justice on a working visit to Bulgaria

20/04/2016
The aim of the Conference is to provide an opportunity to stimulate the dialogue between the Council of Europe and its member states on problems of independence and impartiality of the judiciary.

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Legislative package on the “Introduction of Probation Service” is discussed with representatives of state, non-governmental and international organisations

16/04/2016
Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan and other representatives of state, international and non-governmental organisations attended the event.

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The Minister of Justice receives the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs

11/04/2016
Arpine Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the current co-operation with the representatives of the UN and noted that currently the structures are co-operating within the framework of the Action Plan deriving from the National Strategy on Human Rights Protection, as well as of the draft of the new Electoral Code.

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Armenia and China have a great potential to deepen co-operation in the legal sector

08/04/2016
The Minister discussed with the Ambassador new programmes on deepening the co-operation in the legal sector, in particular, the opportunities of signing in future an agreement of mutual co-operation.

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Vigen Kocharyan accepts delegation of the Advisory Committee on the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

07/04/2016
During the meeting, a number of issues concerning the protection of national minorities were discussed.

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