LIBERTY DEPRIVATION INSTITUTIONS TO SUBORDINATE TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICESeptember 19, 2001 - 22:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Reformatory institutions will be withdrawn from the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and re-subordinated to the Ministry of Justice October 1. There are 15 institutions of deprivation of liberty in the Republic altogether. Cells in Vanadzor and Gumri, colonies in Hrazdan, Nubarashen, Artik and Kosh, colony for women and juvenile in Abovian, central prison hospital in Yerevan, prison in Goris and others are among them. In the words of Chief of Structural Reforms Board of the Ministry of Justice Nikolay Arustamian, the cells of temporary confinement will not be subordinated to the Ministry of Justice yet. The question of the cells of the Ministry of National Security to become subordinate to the Ministry of Justice has not been discussed either. Let us remind that subordination of all investigation cells to the Ministry of Justice is one of the conditions stipulated on Armenia before affiliation to the Council of Europe. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |