20/09/2024
Following the request by the Minister of Justice of Armenia dated 5 August 2024, the Venice Commission and the Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe are preparing a draft Joint Opinion on the draft amendments to the Judicial Code of Armenia (regarding judicial evaluations).
On 20 September 2024, the rapporteurs conducted a series of on-line meetings with the representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the National Assembly, the Supreme Judicial Council, the Performance Evaluation Commission of Judges, the Court of Cassation, as well as with civil society and international organisations.
The draft Joint Opinion will be prepared under the Quick Response Mechanism (QRM), in the framework of the European Union and Council of Europe joint programme Partnership for Good Governance, co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe. It will be submitted for adoption at the 140th Plenary Session of the Commission (Venice, 11-12 October 2024).