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17.05.2022
Addenda to Law on Mass Media
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On the basis of violations in the working zone, the state bodies will be given the opportunity to terminate the accreditation of journalists.

The debate of the draft law on Making Addendum to the Law on Mass Media authored by the NA deputies Artur Hovhannisyan and Lilit Minasyan was held at the sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport on May 17.

According to Artur Hovhannisyan, there are many cases when the journalists of specific media outlets violate the rules in the state bodies, in particular, in the work zone of the National Assembly. The statute and the rules of ethics in journalism are regularly violated, disrupting the normal work of parliament. Proposals were suggested to solve the problems and fill the gap, which were debated with the Human Rights Defender’s Office and the colleagues of the Ministry of Justice.

Pursuant to the proposed amendment, the accreditation of a journalist can be terminated on application of the person, carrying out media activities, who presented him/her for the accreditation or by the state body which accredited him/her. Moreover, the accreditation of a journalist by the state body on his/her own initiative can be terminated only in the case if the media outlet has been warned about termination of accreditation, and during one year a journalist has violated the envisaged rules of the Statute again. The media outlet will have an opportunity to change the journalist, being not deprived of the opportunity to be represented in the state body in practice.

Another addendum was made at the suggestion of the Ministry of Justice, according to which, the violation of the accreditation procedure and the rules of the Statutes of the given bodies is a ground for terminating the accreditation of a journalist.

It was proposed to debate the draft within 24 hours.

The co-rapporteur, the deputy Hasmik Hakobyan noted that if the journalists work within the framework of the law and the internal charter of the state institution, no additional burden will be imposed on them with the proposed amendment.

The amended draft was endorsed.


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Regular Working Meeting of RA NA Staff and International Partner Organizations was Held
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UN Support to NA Capacity Development Highlighted
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It is Designed to Lighten the Load of Anti-Corruption Committee
The Anti-Corruption Committee works overloaded, which cannot but reflect on the quality of the case examination: the Deputy Minister of Justice Arpine Sargsyan at May 17 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs.The draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Criminal ...

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Convicts Can Enjoy Their Right to Education by the Proposing Draft
In accordance with Article 18 of the law on Education, the 12-year secondary education is obligatory until the learner’s turning 19, if that right has not been enjoyed earlier.The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Arpine Sargsyan has informed that in the RA penitentiaries there are about 300 persons dep...

17.05.2022
Penitentiary Officers’ Training Order to Be Specified
Now the penitentiary officers’ trainings are carried out by the order prescribed by law on Civil Service. However, in practice it is not so applicable, as 1939 penitentiary officers out of 2081 being in the public service are not included in the name list of the civil service offices. The RA Deputy ...

17.05.2022
It is Proposed to Increase the Fine Amounts Designed for Illegally Providing the Information
According to the available statistics, from 2019 till today no answer was submitted in general, to 3% of the inquiries in written form addressed to the information holders, in case of 9% the answers were incomplete, by inquiry some demanded information was not provided, in case of 3%, the informatio...

17.05.2022
Joint Extraordinary Session of CSTO PA Standing Commissions Held in Online Format
On May 17, the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan took part in the joint extraordinary session of the CSTO PA Standing Committees on Political Affairs and International Cooperation, on Defence and Security and on Socioeconomic and Legal Affairs via videoconferencing.The members of the RA NA delega...

17.05.2022
It will be Possible to Regulate Issue of Notifications of Participants in Administrative Proceedings with Adoption of Draft
The draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Fundamentals of Administration and Administrative Proceedings authored by the deputies of the NA Civil Contract Faction Gevorg Papoyan and Mikayel Tumasyan defines that in cases where it is not possible to notify the participant in adminis...

17.05.2022
It is Envisaged to Extend Term of Activity of NA Inquiry Committee
The draft law on Making Amendments to the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly authored by the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Sergey Bagratyan proposes to extend the term of the activity of the NA Inquiry Committee. Pursuant to the current legislation, the term...



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