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Training course for freedom of information officers of state bodies
The Deputy Minister touched upon the principle of freedom of information emphasising its importance in the promotion of the transparency and accountability of state administration and local self-government bodies, as well as of the participatory and good governance.
Minister of Justice discusses issues of mutual interest with representatives of the World Bank
The Minister discussed with the representatives of the World Bank the priority programmes of the Ministry and the financial assistance opportunities aimed at their capacity building.
Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Armenia
Arpine Hovhannisyan introduced the guests to the priority programmes of the Ministry of Justice, amendments to be made to the legal acts after the constitutional reforms, in particular, the draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia and the results of the meetings being held with interested parties with regard thereto.
Government signs interstate agreement “On mutual legal assistance between the Republic of Armenia and State of Kuwait with regard to criminal cases”
The document was signed by Arpine Hovhannisyan, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, and Yaqoub-Al-Sane, Minister of Justice of the State of Kuwait and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.
Special precaution should be taken when publishing children’s personal data
It is based on the letter addressed to the Agency by Save the Children International Armenia Representative Office with regard to publication of children’s personal data as a result of coverage of the incident that took place in Boarding School No 2 of Yerevan.
Minister of Justice receives her counterpart of the State of Kuwait
Arpine Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the relations between the two countries, emphasising that there is great potential for the enhancement of mutual co-operation, especially in the justice sector.
Seventh meeting of EU-Armenia Subcommittee on Justice, Freedom and Security held
. During the meeting, co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Kocharyan, the fight against corruption and terrorism, judicial reforms, migration issues, border management, visa facilitation, as well as issues on mutual legal assistance and protection of personal data were discussed.
Sitting of the Steering Committee for the "Support to Justice Sector Reforms in Armenia — Phase II" Programme held
Activities for judicial reforms in the Republic of Armenia carried out and currently being carried out by the Ministry of Justice were discussed during the sitting.
Minister of Justice receives delegation led by EU representative Mathieu Bousquet
The Minister emphasised the importance of discussing the agenda of the meeting and highly appreciated EU support, especially to the programmes carried out in the justice sector.
Data exchange between the system of the Civil Status Acts Registration and the National Statistical Service will henceforth be carried out exclusively in electronic form
The Civil Status Acts Registration Agency and territorial divisions of the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency each month submit to the National Statistical Service a report on registered births, deaths, marriages and divorces.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia informs that in order to make provision of services to citizens regarding the processes of civil status acts registration more effective, working hours at the Reception of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia (Vazgen Sargsyan St., Building 3/8, Yerevan) have been distributed in the following order:
First sitting of the Working Group conducting a study on institutional system for fight against corruption is held
The representatives of the "Armenian Young Lawyers Association", "Freedom of Information Centre of Armenia", "Protection of Rights without Borders" non-governmental organisations, as well as of the Ministry of Justice are included in the Working Group. During the workshop Suren Krmoyan urged members of the Working Group to study the international practice of independent anti-corruption bodies and to consider the appropriateness of applying their models in the Republic of Armenia.
