The Council of Europe Office (CoE) in Armenia has always supported judicial reforms in the country, Acting Minister of Justice Artak Zeynalyan said in his remarks delivered at the closing ceremony of the “Support to the implementation of the judicial reform in Armenia” project on Tuesday.
“It’s best evidenced by this project launched by the Council of Europe in May 2017 aimed at promoting judicial independence, the effectiveness of legal proceedings and access to justice,” he said.
According to the caretaker minister, on the sidelines of the project, the CoE has provided support to the drafting of Armenia’s new Judicial Code, the enhancement of the functioning of the judicial self-governing bodies and the application of mediation and arbitration in Armenia.
Zeynalyan reminded that the Justice Ministry has elaborated a strategy for legal and judicial reforms for 2019-2024 and its action plan, which is currently in the stage of presentation.
“Within the framework of the “Support to the implementation of the judicial reform in Armenia” project, the international experts of the Council of Europe have evaluated the draft project on judicial and legal reforms by analyzing the key goals, targets, timing of actions, financial commitments, as well as the compliance of the measures included in the action plan with the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s mon...
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