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Process of administrative amnesty is over
Pursuant to part 1 of Article 2 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On amnesty of fines applied for a number of administrative offences" having entered into force from 26 July 2018, the Service did not grant amnesty with regard to the proceedings when that obligation was related to such unlawful conduct of persons committing a crime, which contained prima facie elements of a crime, and in relation to that, criminal proceedings had been conducted, as a result of which there was a judicial act of conviction having entered into force, or the proceedings of the criminal case had been terminated on a non-acquittal ground.
Personal Data Protection Agency urges the mass media to depersonalise the names of participants of the incident having taken place at Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences
Hraparak has already depersonalised on its website the name of the main heroine who had participated in the incident.
Session of Co-ordinating Council for 2017-2019 Action Plan arising from the National Strategy on Human Rights Protection was held
In his opening speech, Minister Zeynalyan greeted the members of the Council and presented the agenda of the session. As Chairman of the Co-ordinating Council, Artak Zeynalyan presented some observations deriving from the 2017-2019 Action Plan arising from the National Strategy on Human Rights Protection, urging the members of the Co-ordinating Council to ensure publicity of the reports of relevant state bodies on the official websites of those state bodies.
Minister Zeynalyan receives delegation led by Minister of Justice of Georgia Thea Tsulukiani
Artak Zeynalyan welcomed the visit of his Georgian counterpart to Yerevan and expressed willingness for close co-operation. In her turn, Thea Tsulukiani noted that she was glad to be in Yerevan after the previous meeting and discuss with Minister Zeynalyan several issues related to the progress of the reforms in the justice sector and the exchange of information concerning the legal frameworks between the two countries.
Deputy Minister Krmoyan gets acquainted with Kazakhstan’s practice of e-justice
Welcoming the visit of Suren Krmoyan, N. Sharipov briefly informed about the activities that the Court Administration of the Supreme Court has carried out for modernising the judiciary, raising public confidence in the judiciary and ensuring rule of law.
Deputy Minister Krmoyan receives Deputy Head of Office of the Public Defender of Atlanta Luana Walsh
Greeting the guest at the Ministry of Justice, Deputy Minister Krmoyan presented the activities being carried out by the Ministry for the introduction of restorative justice and, in this context, expressed his gratitude for the willingness to exchange experience.
Suren Krmoyan discusses issues related to juvenile justice with counterparts from Kazakhstan
ssues related to access to justice and improvement of collection, analysis, dissemination and use of the data on violence against children were discussed within the scope of the meeting. In his speech, the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia presented the close co-operation established between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the UN Children’s Fund in the sector of access to justice and collection of data on violence against children.
Minister of Justice receives outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Armenia
Minister Zeynalyan expressed his gratitude to the Ambassador for the effective activities carried out during his term of office, highly appreciated his contribution in the context of Armenian–American multi-sector co-operation and expressed hope that the Ambassador is leaving Armenia with good impressions.
Unibank replenishes list of operators providing state services
Minister of Justice Artak Zeynalyan reminded that the institution of operators performing the functions of service offices of bodies of state authorities was introduced in 2016. According to the Minister, there are currently nine active operators providing around 67 state services.
Minister Zeynalyan meets with convicts and detained persons kept at ''Vanadzor'' Penitentiary Institution
During the meeting with the staff of ''Vanadzor'' Penitentiary Institution, Minister Zeynalyan noted that the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice, on behalf of the Republic of Armenia, executes punishments imposed by courts which should be executed in such a way as to not humiliate the honour and dignity of a person and not to be a punishment not provided for by the Constitution and law.
Subsequent session of the Steering Committee of the EU Budget Support Project on “Support to Human Rights Protection in Armenia” was held
During the session, the Armenian party presented the process of activities carried out for ensuring general (only regarding the Action Plan for Human Rights Protection) and special preconditions of the EU Budget Support Project on ''Support to Human Rights Protection in Armenia'', as well as the issues related to implementation of the Project.
Workshop entitled “EU-Armenia Strategic Policy Dialogue within the scope of reforms in the justice sector of the Republic of Armenia”
Minister Zeynalyan attached importance to the draft Strategy for Judicial and Legal Reforms in the Republic of Armenia and the Action Plan deriving therefrom, which will serve as a basis for further co-operation between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union. It is expected that the Government will adopt the draft Strategy and the Action Plan by the end of 2018. Minister Zeynalyan emphasised the invaluable support of the EU to the justice sector of the Republic of Armenia and attached importance to the ensuring of continuity of the partnership.
