COURT REFORMS CAN BE CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL, JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS
Noyan Tapan
April 17, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 17, NOYAN TAPAN. The court reforms in Armenia can be
considered successful, the newly appointed minister of justice of the
RA Gevorg Danielian said during a talk with reporters. Nevertheless,
according to him, not all institutions and solutions can be considered
as acceptable for future application. "These are new institutions,
and when we use the best expertise, including that of Western
Europea, it is not possible to rapidly choose best solutions, which
are applicable to Armenia, and, unfortunately, it is impossible to
localize these solutions – due to some peculiarities of our country,"
the minister said.
G. Danielian indicated the necessity of abolishing some legislative
provisions granting inappropriate privileges as a problem requiring
urgent solution. In particular, it is envisaged to make an amendment
in the law on the service of compulsory execution of court acts (CECA),
which will enable to subject CECA employees to disciplinary liability.
The minister attached special importance to improvement of inmates’
conditions in penitentiary institutions: construction must be done
there.
Although diseases, particularly tuberculosis, are not widespread in
penitentiary institutions, the minister expressed his concern that
there are still several dozen patients.
He said that it is planned to demolish the ministry’s building
destroyed by the recent fire and to build a new one in the same
place. The damage done by the fire has prevented the government
from participating in the proceedings in the European Court of Human
Rights but the ministry is going to announce soon that the Republic
of Armenia is prepared to continue its participation in proceedings of
the European Court. According to G. Danielian, the personal archive of
the staff and the archive of the civilian registry office, which were
damaged by fire, have been restored. Some documents were impossible
to restore but it does not prevent the ministry from functioning.