On 24-26 March, 2015, the delegation headed by the Chairman of the RA Cassation Court Arman Mkrtumyan visited Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia in the framework of the of the joint project of EU and EC “Strengthening the Independence, Professionalism and Accountability of the Justice System in Armenia.” Iravaban.net learned this from the Judicial department of the RA.
According to the source Yervand Khundkaryan, Chairman of the Civil and Criminal Chambers of the RA Cassation Court, Mamikon Drmeyan, Judge of the Civil and Criminal Chambers of the RA Cassation Court, Armen Danielyan, Judge of the RA Criminal Court of Appeal, Mnatsakan Martirosyan, Judge of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Center and Nork-Marash Administrative Districts of Yerevan, Samvel Tadevosyan, Judge of the Court of General Jurisdiction of rabkir and Kakanker-Zeytun Administrative Districts of Yerevan, Shogher Vardanyan, Chief of Staff of the RA council of Justice, Anna Vardapetyan, First Deputy Head of the RA Judiciary Department, were in the delegation.
The Armenian delegation met with the Branko Hrvatin, President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia. The parties discussed the current problems of the judiciary of both countries. Specifically, they referred to the overload of the courts as well as a number of problemsrelated with the authorities of the Supreme Court instances.
The Armenian delegation also met with the Chairman and the members of Croatian National Council of Justice; the Chairmen of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Economic Court of the Councils; representatives of the Croatian Ministry of Justice. Our delegation participated in the discussion of experts’ opinion on “The Code of Ethics of the RA Judges, Ethics and Disciplinary Matters of the general Meeting of the RA Judges, and the Regulations on Evaluation Committee of Judges,” prepared by the EU experts Duro Sessa and Gerhard Reisner.
