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Delegation of Ministry of Justice examined peculiarities of working with minor prisoners in Germany

14/12/2018
The visit was paid within the scope of the project “Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument” of the European Commission.

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Artak Zeynalyan visits "Yerevan-Kentron" Penitentiary Institution

14/12/2018
During the tour, the Acting Minister gave instructions to resolve the issues of the “Yerevan-Kentron” Penitentiary Institution and improve the confinement conditions.

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Results of analysis related to activities of the committees of guardianship and curatorship authorities in Armenia discussed

14/12/2018
"Today we are going to discuss a very important and current issue. The relevant analysis of the activities of the committees of guardianship and curatorship authorities in Armenia and the gaps in those activities will be presented. We are all well aware that this sphere requires serious regulations. Thus, our efforts should be aimed at eliminating the obstacles, as well as closely co-operating with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs — the body developing policies in this sphere," Deputy Minister Krmoyan said.

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Special Award of the Minister of Justice for addressing the prison education sector

14/12/2018
Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Suren Krmoyan attached importance to the fact that the author of the article, being in a closed penitentiary institution continues to write, create and study.

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Forum on prevention of violence against women and domestic violence was held

13/12/2018
Deputy Minister of Justice Vigen Kocharyan expressed gratitude to the Council of Europe Office in Armenia and underlined that the CoE has always supported the activities aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence in Armenia. According to V. Kocharyan, brilliant evidence is the implementation of the project "Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Armenia" launched by the Council of Europe in April 2018; the aim of the project was to build the capacities of the main stakeholder institutions participating in the prevention of domestic violence.

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Reforms in prison healthcare sector continue

13/12/2018
In the future, it is envisaged to distribute them among relevant penitentiary institutions.

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Artak Zeynalyan participates in conference devoted to reforms in the criminal justice system

12/12/2018
Artak Zeynalyan touched upon the ongoing judicial-legal reforms and emphasised that the legal system is being improved through the development of new concept papers, institutions and regulations and the introduction of principally new approaches.

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A number of issues relating to prison education discussed with members of the International Prison Education Network

11/12/2018
Co-founder of the Network in Armenia Gayane Hovakimyan, Head of the Department for Drafting Anti-Corruption and Penitentiary Policies of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Karen Hakobyan, representative of the Ministry of Justice of Brandenburg of the Federal Republic of Germany Fischer Horst and others also participated in the discussion.

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Artak Zeynalyan receives parliamentary delegation of Italy

06/12/2018
During the conversation with the senators, the Acting Minister touched upon the results of the visit to Italy in November, the agreements reached and the perspectives for deepening co-operation, especially in the fight against transnational corruption.

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Persons in penitentiary institutions can now use the opportunity of video call

06/12/2018
We would like to inform that as a result of co-operation between the Ministry of Justice and the International Committee of the Red Cross, all penitentiary institutions of the Ministry of Justice each have been provided with one technical device necessary for making a video call. Moreover, there are two of them at "Armavir" Penitentiary Institution.

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Call of the Ministry of Justice to persons with employment problems released on the ground of amnesty

05/12/2018
Taking this fact into consideration, the Ministry of Justice has applied to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, as well as to the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Development with the aim of ensuring continuity of the process of re-socialisation of persons released from punishment on the ground of amnesty and, accordingly, with the aim of supporting the reduction of risks of recidivism.

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Vigen Kocharyan participates in the Plenary Session of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice of the Council of Europe

04/12/2018
Within the scope of the Session of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Kocharyan delivered a speech in which V. Kocharyan noted that in the spring of this year citizens of Armenia came out to the streets and squares to realise their desire of creating the country of their dreams, a country where rule of law, human rights and democracy are not just words, but a reality.

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