By the decision N 1441-L of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of 10 October, 2019, the Judicial and Legal Reform Strategy 2019-2023 of the Republic of Armenia was approved. “Conducting Constitutional Reforms” was among the strategic goals of the latter.
In fulfillment of the first direction of the above-mentioned strategic goal, a “Professional Committee on Constitutional Reforms” was formed by decision N 181-A of 12 February, 2020 of the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The decision stipulates that the concept of constitutional reforms will be worked out within three months after the start of the Committee’s activity, its public discussion will be carried out, and the document will be submitted to the RA Prime Minister’s Office. One of the spheres of the Committee’s activity refers to the issue of constitutionality of independent and autonomous bodies operating in the Republic of Armenia, including the anti-corruption body in question.
This study was conducted within in the scope of “Advocacy for the Constitutional Guarantees of the Anti-Corruption Institutional System” project implemented in the framework of the “Enhancing CSF Armenian National Platform Contribution to the EU-Armenia Cooperation” Project funded within the framework of the Support to activities of the five working groups of the CSF ANP, which refers to the classification of models of anti-corruption bodies, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages, referring to the international advanced practice. This study discusses also the general criteria of the anti-corruption body, including the guarantees of independence, in the light of which the assessment of the existing anti-corruption bodies of Armenia is given.
The novelty of the study is that it presents the vision of the “Armenian” model of anti-corruption bodies.
The study is available in Armenian language.