Representatives from 5 member organizations of the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia actively participated in a workshop titled “The Importance of Corruption Prevention and the Role of CPC” organized by the Corruption Prevention Commission (CPC) on October 30. Questions to CPC representatives were posed by M. Aristakesyan, Chairman of the Coalition’s Governing Board, N. Arabachyan, …
“The example of countries with successful experience proves that public awareness campaigns about whistleblowing through various formats can significantly change the public’s skeptical attitude towards the effectiveness of the whistleblowing system and especially whistleblower protection mechanisms,” said Eva Saghoyan, Advisor to the Prosecutor General, in a conversation with Iravaban.net, discussing the whistleblowing system and results recorded …
The Anti-Corruption Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Armenia, represented by its Governing Board, expresses deep concern about the recent evident manifestations of pressure against civil society representatives. On October 31, 2024, among a group of individuals, law enforcement authorities detained well-known public figure, international expert, and law-abiding citizen Hovhannes Avetisyan on suspicion of illegal …
“BlowtheWhistle, Armenia”: The new whistleblowing campaign program has been launched. Both the Ministry of Justice and the Armenian Lawyers’ Association implementing the program have noted the positive results of the previous program. According to program expert Syuzanna Soghomonyan, the low results that existed since the launch of the whistleblowing system were regrettable. The resource invested …
Iravaban.net had published an article months ago about motorcycles parked without permission near the statue of Aram Manukyan. The issue remained relevant for some time due to the inaction of the competent state bodies, and no steps were taken to resolve the problem, which may have contained elements of a criminal offense. To obtain clarifications …
A new Whistleblowing Campaign program has been launched, implemented by the Armenian Lawyers’ Association (ALA). The program’s launch event took place on October 4th in a public-private dialogue format. About 40 participants from state bodies, CSOs, expert community, international organizations, and others attended, including Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Artur Hovhannisyan, OGP-Armenia …
On July 10, the Governing Board of the CSOs Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia convened for a meeting. The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format, taking place both at the central office of the Armenian Lawyers’ Association and via the Zoom electronic platform. The meeting’s agenda was comprehensive. The issues discussed included the scope of …
The Anti-Corruption Coalition of CSOs of Armenia (hereinafter – the Coalition) has studied the version of the “Draft of the New Code of Administrative Offenses (hereinafter – the CAO Draft) and draft laws on amendments and additions to related laws” (hereinafter – the Package of Drafts) posted on the official website of public discussions of …
A High-Level Public-Private Dialogue Conference on the Judicial Performance and Statistics Systems Evaluation is organized and underway today on 14 June. The Conference is organized within the framework of the “Multi-Faceted OGP Action: Open Justice & Anti-Corruption Commitments” project. The Conference is organized with participation of the RA Ministry of Justice, Supreme Judicial Council of …
