A High-Level Public-Private Dialogue Conference on the Judicial Performance and Statistics Systems Evaluation is organized and underway today on 14 June. The Conference is organized within the framework of the “Multi-Faceted OGP Action: Open Justice & Anti-Corruption Commitments” project. The Conference is organized with participation of the RA Ministry of Justice, Supreme Judicial Council of the RA, “Armenian Lawyers’ Association” NGO and the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia.
Chairman of the RA Supreme Judicial Council Mr. Karen Andreasyan, H.E. Mr. Vassilis Maragos, the Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Karen Karapetyan, OGP Coordinator/Point of Contact of the Office of the Prime Minister of the RA Ms. Lilya Afrikyan, Chairman of the Governing Board of the CSOs Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia Mr. Movses Aristakesyan, as well as other professionals in the field and judges are participating.
ALA President Mr. Кaren Zadoyan in his closing remarks thanked all the participants of the conference, emphasized that the association uses its potential, experience, and abilities so that Armenia has a truly independent judiciary.
“We will try to help the actors of the sector in the direction of raising awareness. Judicial reforms must be visible to the public, people must believe in them, and the correct messages are very important. In that regard, Iravaban.net, operated by the ALA, will henceforth address judicial reforms in a more professional and accessible way, will try to deliver all messages, and the ALA will continue its monitoring activities in both strategic and judicial processes, presenting recorded gaps and problems. And the most important thing is that the structure shall work for the improvement of public policies in terms of public dialogue,” Karen Zadoyan said.
According to the speaker, the Association will continue to address sector problems and solve them in the format of such events. ALA supports the point of view that true judicial independence has no dilemma. “The judiciary must be 100% free from the influence of political changes. We must have such systems and structures.”
Karen Zadoyan thanked all those present, supporting structures, as well as the European Union, thanks to which it was possible to organize and hold the event.
“The Armenian Lawyers’ Association continues to support and promote such fundamental European values as the legal state, the rule of law, democracy, and the protection of human rights,” he said.
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