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Guides on the new Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of Armenia ready for the national legal professionals as the new legislation enters into force
The Council of Europe has been working closely with the Armenian authorities on the criminal justice reform through legislative, methodological, and capacity-building support since 2015. Based on the legal expertise of the Council of Europe, conceptually new Criminal Code and Code of Criminal...
Prosecutors of Armenia enhanced their knowledge and skills on the new criminal and procedural legislation of Armenia
Two two- day seminars on “Selected issues of new Criminal (CC) and Criminal Procedure Codes (CPC) of Armenia” were organised for two groups of 48 prosecutors of Armenia on 25-26 January and on 22-23 February in the Justice Academy in Yerevan. During the first half of the seminars, the...
Annual Meeting of the Steering Committee
Online Steering Committee meeting of the Project “Supporting the criminal justice reform and harmonising the application of European standards in Armenia”, was held on 10 December. The Steering Committee is a strategic decision-making body of the Project. It aims to ensure the successful...
Staff of the Representative of the Republic of Armenia before the European Court of Human Right enhanced their knowledge and skills on the new criminal procedure legislation of Armenia
One -day workshop on “Selected issues of new Criminal Procedure Code of Armenia” was organised for 18 staff members of the Representative of the Republic of Armenia before the ECtHR on 7 December in Marriott Hotel in Yerevan. New regulations, provisions and procedural safeguards in the context of...
Judges of Armenia enhanced their knowledge and skills on the new criminal procedure legislation of Armenia
Two- day seminar on “Selected issues of new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) of Armenia” was organised for judges of Armenia on 25-26 November in the Justice Academy in Yerevan. Certain types of proceedings, evidence and proving as prescribed in the new CPC were presented to the judges and...
The Financial Monitoring Center and Legal Department of the Central Bank of Armenia enhanced their knowledge and skills on the new criminal procedure legislation of Armenia
The webinar on “Selected issues of new Criminal Procedure Code of Armenia” was organised for participants from Financial Monitoring Center and Legal Department of the Central Bank of Armenia on 22 October. In the first part of the webinar, the participants learnt about the particularities of...
Trainers of the Justice Academy, School of Advocates and Educational Complex of the Police enhanced their knowledge and skills on the new criminal procedural legislation of Armenia
Three-day training of trainers (ToT) on “Selected issues of new Criminal Procedure Code of Armenia” was organised for 16 trainers of the Justice Academy, School of Advocates and Educational Complex of the Police on 8-10 October 2021 in Aghveran, Armenia. This was the first ToT held after the...
Trainers of the Justice Academy and School of Advocates enhanced their knoweledge and skills on the new criminal legislation of Armenia
Three-day training of trainers (ToT) on “Selected issues of new Criminal Code of Armenia” was organised for 16 trainers of the Justice Academy and School of Advocates on 1-3 October 2021 in Aghveran, Armenia. This was the first ToT held after the adoption of the new Criminal Code on 5 May 2021....
A new Criminal Procedure Code of Armenia adopted in line with Council of Europe expertise
On 30 June 2021 the Armenian Parliament adopted a new Criminal Procedure Code. The new criminal procedure legislation is a result of several years of complex legislative work of the Armenian authorities. The Council of Europe supported the preparation of the new Code with legal expertise. The...
Armenia enacts a criminal law reform in line with the Council of Europe standards
A new Criminal Code of Armenia has been promulgated on 27 May 2021. It is a result of several years of meticulous work of the Armenian authorities in cooperation with the Council of Europe. The Code incorporates most of the recommendations that the Council of Europe made at the drafting stage. It...