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Minister of Justice discusses with Ambassador of China the opportunities for deepening of co-operation in legal sector

21/03/2018
The Minister of Justice congratulated the Ambassador on the re-election of the President of China and highlighted the fact that there is great potential for development of the Armenian-Chinese friendship.

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Minister of Justice touches upon activities being carried out in the anti-corruption sector with IMF representative

20/03/2018
Minister Harutyunyan discussed with the counterparts of the International Monetary Fund a number of issues of mutual interest and touched upon the activities being carried out in the fight against corruption and the reforms in the bankruptcy sector.

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Minister of Justice discusses with CoE counterpart a number of programmes aimed at deepening co-operation

20/03/2018
The Minister of Justice highly appreciated the existing co-operation with the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan and attached importance to the effective process of implementation of the programmes that are being jointly carried out.

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First stage of qualification test of candidates for notaries kicks off

19/03/2018
The first stage of the qualification test of candidates for notaries was kicked off today. You can follow the process of the testing stage online.

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OECD Monitoring Group in Armenia

16/03/2018
Within the scope of evaluation, the Monitoring Group, composed of 11 experts, is also having meetings with the representatives of several state bodies, non-governmental organisations and business representatives for the purpose of examining the process of completion of the 23 recommendations addressed to Armenia by the OECD in 2014.

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Draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On national minorities" to be adopted upon mutual consent of interested parties

14/03/2018
Deputies of the National Assembly representing national minorities, as well as nearly twenty members of the Council co-ordinating the activities of national-cultural organisations of national minorities of the Republic of Armenia attended the meeting. The goal of the discussion was to find a consensus over key provisions of the draft Law.

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Special training course for penitentiary officers of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia launched

12/03/2018
Within the scope of the training course, the officers will be introduced to the structure, significance of firearms and special means, their handling and keeping, the procedure and conditions for their employment and techniques, as well as the fundamentals for application of firearms and civil defence, the technical skills for implementation of the official tasks during mass disorders and other emergency cases at penitentiary institutions and more.

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Working discussion on draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On national minorities" held

12/03/2018
Members of the Public Council, led by President of the Council Vazgen Manukyan, and Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, representative of the Kurdish community Knyaz Hasanov participated in the meeting.

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Public discussion on draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On national minorities"

05/03/2018
Afterwards, Deputy Minister Kocharyan responded to the questions of the representatives of national minorities and interpreted in detail certain provisions of the draft Law, including the provisions regarding the procedure for formation and the status of the advisory body.

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Quality of medical aid to be improved at penitentiary institutions: Ministry of Justice establishing a "Penitentiary Medical Centre" SNCO

01/03/2018
According to Minister Harutyunyan, preconditions for the integration of a penitentiary medical aid service into the system of public healthcare and the improvement of the quality of medical aid and services being provided will be created through adoption of the draft. "It is proposed to establish a structure providing medical services under the subordination of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia which, on the one hand, will provide the opportunity to increase confidence in the medical services provided at penitentiary institutions and, on the other hand, most importantly, will ensure the independence of doctors from the penitentiary service," Davit Harutyunyan highlighted.

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Report on activities of the Ministry of Justice for 2017

20/02/2018
Report on activities of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia for 2017

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Minister of Justice receives Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Armenia

19/02/2018
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.

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