Just as a judge with high professional competencies but with vulnerable integrity qualities cannot administer justice, in the same way a judge invulnerable integrity qualities but with weak professional competencies cannot administer justice. Mr. Karen Zadoyan, President of the Armenian Lawyers’ Association NGO said during a joint expert online workshop dedicated to the study “Integrity …
Advocate Marat Atovmyan, President of “Progress” Center for Social Research NGO, Founder of “Atovmyan” Law Firm, Member of the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenian, speaking to Iravaban.net about the work done by non-governmental organizations in the field of judicial reform, he mentioned that years ago, in 2018, the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenian organized a …
The CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia has its important role in the field. Arpine Hakobyan, President of the “NGO Center” Non-Governmental Organization and Chairwoman of the Governing Board of the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia, told Iravaban.net. Referring to the discussion entitled “Course of Judiciary Reform in Post-Revolution and Post-Election Armenia” organized by the Ministry …
On 3 November, summarizing of the activities of the 7th stream of the online educational process of the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders implemented by the Armenian Lawyers’ Association and the Anti-Corruption School of Armenian CSOs took place on the online platform. The School Lecturer, Anti-Corruption Expert Suzanna Soghomonyan moderated the session. At the beginning …
The Minister of Justice does not know the country’s professionals staff and is not aware of the resource that has always supported building the legitimacy of the state. Arkady Sahakyan, a lawyer at the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises and a member of Governing Board of the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia, told this to Iravaban.net. “Let him change …
On 2 November, the Ministry of Justice organized a discussion entitled “Course of Judiciary Reform in Post-Revolution and Post-Election Armenia” with the support of the Open Society Foundations-Armenia within the framework of the program “Partnership for Open Society Initiative”. The Ministry of Justice reported that the discussion was held “with the participation of more than 50 stakeholders.” In …
On 1 November, 2021, the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia, and Armenian Lawyers’ Association published two joint expert studies on the following key issues: “Integrity Checking and Responsibility of Judges under the extraordinary conditions (of transitional justice): International experience and mechanisms for implementation in Armenia.” The study in Armenian language is available here. “Guarantees of Judicial …
On 1 November, 2021, the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia, and Armenian Lawyers’ Association published the joint expert study on the topic “Guarantees of Judicial Independence and Effective Functioning of the Court: International Experience and Mechanisms for Implementation in Armenia.” The study focuses on international experience of the legal status of judges, the role of …
The “Draft decision on Making Amendments to the Decision No. 974 of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of 23 June, 2011” authored by the RA Police (hereinafter referred to as Draft 1) and the “Draft decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia “On Making Amendments to the Decision No. 821 of …
The CSOs Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia has issued a statement on the competition for the election of the Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Committee. The statement in particular reads: “By the 16 September decision of the RA Government, the former head of the Special Investigation Service Sasun Khachatryan was appointed to the post of the Chairman …