One of the five working groups within the Anti-Corruption School for Young Leaders focused on assets recovery.
The group consisted of lawyers and economists, who have been studying the theoretical, legal, practical literature and experience on the assets recovery since November.
“We have developed a sequence of steps for the easy implementation of the program. The first was the study of domestic and international legal acts. An inquiry was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The inquiry was sent to find out with which states we have mutual assistance agreements related to the return of assets. The next step was to study the international experience.
Finally, we formed a group on the social platform Facebook and involved the interested users. As a result of the study of domestic and international legal acts in the field, we have identified the problems, compiled relevant summaries, and placed them on the above-mentioned platform. This was followed by discussions and the collection of proposals,” Ruzanna Arakelyan, the coordinator of the group said.
The members of the group expressed their satisfaction that the program provided them the opportunity to act independently and express themselves. Ashot Ghukasyan, one of the members of the group, added that the acquired knowledge would be useful in further professional life, in the fight against corruption.
It should be reminded that the program is implemented with the support of the Swedish Government.