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Artak Zeynalyan: "Courts are free; there will be no privileged in Armenia"

26/06/2018
Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Arman Tatoyan, Chairperson of the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Armenia Gagik Harutyunyan, First Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artur Hovhannisyan, Acting Chairperson of the Court of Cassation of the Republic of Armenia Yervand Khundkaryan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Armenia Bernhard Matthias Kiesler, judges, German experts and others participated in the event.

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Minister of Justice in Venice

22/06/2018
Today, Minister Zeynalyan met with President of the Venice Commission Gianni Buquicchio. During the meeting, the Minister expressed his gratitude for the effective co-operation of the Venice Commission with the Government. The parties recorded that there was a mutual will and potential to deepen the co-operation.

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Minister of Justice visits Republic of France

21/06/2018
Minister Zeynalyan noted that the Government of the Republic of Armenia highly appreciated the effective co-operation established with the Council of Europe in the field of reforms in the justice sector, human rights protection, the fight against corruption, the penitentiary system, and emphasised that the Government was willing to continue fulfilling the commitments assumed before the Council of Europe. During the meeting, the parties touched upon the Armenia-Council of Europe 2015-2018 Action Plan, which is being finalised, sector-specific priorities of the 2019-2022 Action Plan, as well as the activities targeted at the fight against corruption.

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Suren Krmoyan receives Chairman of Petitions Committee of German Bundestag Gero Storjohann

21/06/2018
Welcoming the guests, Deputy Minister Krmoyan informed that it had been a long time since the Ministry of Justice was improving the Armenian legislative field, in co-operation with German organisations (GIZ, IRZ), and in this context the German Government is one of the best partners of the Ministry of Justice.

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Seminar-discussion for officers of Probation Service and case managers

20/06/2018
Head of the Probation Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Navasardyan, Head of Department for Social Assistance of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Astghik Minasyan, Chairperson of "Social Justice" NGO Arshak Gasparyan, employees of Yerevan city body of the Probation Service and case managers of all Territorial Divisions for Social Assistance of all the administrative districts of the city of Yerevan participated in the discussion.

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Deputy Minister of Justice participated in a conference entitled "Minorities and Minority Languages in a Changing Europe".

19/06/2018
During the conference, issues related to full exercise of the rights of minorities and the importance of Council of Europe standards for ensuring international protection of these rights, application of technological innovation from the perspective of ensuring the rights of minorities and the role of civil society were discussed.

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Deputy Minister of Justice receives Delegation of European Parliament

19/06/2018
Deputy Minister Krmoyan attached importance to the visit of the delegation to Armenia and touched upon the priorities indicated in the judicial-legal sector in the Program of the Government, considering, in this context, the existence of political will noteworthy for implementation of significant reforms.

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Discussion for full implementation of restrictions and procedures for attachment and levying of state pensions, benefits prescribed by law

18/06/2018
Director of the "Centre for Legislation Development and Legal Research" Foundation of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Markosyan; Executive Director of the Union of Banks of Armenia Seyran Sargsyan; representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the Central Bank, the Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the Social Security Service and others participated in the meeting.

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Working discussion regarding keeping judicial statistics took place

15/06/2018
About a dozen representatives from public and private organisations were present at the meeting held under the chairmanship of Deputy Director of the "Centre for Legislation Development and Legal Research" Foundation Arsen Hovhannisyan. The purpose of the meeting was to compile the issues that are encountered in practice while keeping judicial statistics and receive recommendations for making the process of developing a draft Government decision — envisaging a new procedure for keeping judicial statistics — more participatory.

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Minister of Justice receives Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Armenia

14/06/2018
Minister Zeynalyan highly appreciated the co-operation between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Armenia and noted that the Government of the Republic of Armenia was determined to develop relations with Iran.

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Minister of Justice introduces newly appointed head to the staff of the Penitentiary Service

14/06/2018
First Deputy Minister of Justice Artur Hovhannisyan, Deputy Minister Suren Krmoyan and Head of the Control Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Mikayel Minasyan participated in the meeting.

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What the Minister of Justice requires and exhorts from the Compulsory Enforcement Service is excellent performance of tasks

14/06/2018
First Deputy Minister of Justice Artur Hovhannisyan and Head of the Control Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Mikayel Minasyan participated in the meeting as well.

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