On 3 October, 2019, the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved the “Anti-Corruption Strategy of the Republic of Armenia and its Implementation Action Plan for 2019-2022” (hereinafter: the Strategy), one of the most important tasks of which is the transformation and development of the anti-corruption institutional system in Armenia.
It is noteworthy that although the Government has recently adopted a new anti-corruption strategy, it has, among other things, outlined the model of Armenia’s anti-corruption institutional system and the bodies involved therein. However, prior to the adoption of the Strategy, both the Government and the National Assembly had taken some steps to form the institutional system bodies.
In the Expert Opinion elaborated by the Expert of the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia and the Armenian Lawyers’ Association references are made to the legislative provisions regulating the activities of the Corruption Prevention Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) and the Anti-Corruption Policy Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council), as well as the steps taken by the Government and the National Assembly to form them, outlining key developments and issues arising therefrom.
The expert opinion is available here.