Corruption Prevention Commission of the Republic of Armenia

The scope of the declarant high-ranking officials was enlarged, besides high-ranking officials, including also people holding public positions, as well as public servants from separate groups. Previously, (until June of 2017) only the high-ranking officials (up to 800 high-ranking officials) had an obligation to submit declarations. Currently, (as of March 2018), the number of high-ranking officials having the obligation to submit declarations increased four times (approximately...

In accordance with the new RA Law on “Public Service”, an integrity system has been established in public service.    The persons holding public positions are obliged to maintain    • Codes of conducts    • incompatibility requirements ,    • other restrictions ,    • conflict of interests regulations . The integrity system was institutionalized . The institute on...

The cooperation scopes of the Corruption Prevention Commission and the Republic of Armenia Prosecutor’s General Office both in pre-proceeding (forwarding materials to the RA Prosecutor General’s Office in case of detecting illicit enrichment risks during the declaration analysis processes) and during proceeding procedures have been clarified at legislative level. In this regard, the provisions ensuring the feedback was established. The international cooperation was also...

Within the period of January 1 of 2018 to March 30 of 2018, the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials has instituted 78 proceedings : 5 proceedings have been instituted on media publication, 73 on the ground of the studies conducted by the Commission respectively. Three applications on the alleged violations within the Commission’s jurisdiction is under examination. Within the mentioned time period, the Commission has made 71 decisions on recorded violation, 7...

The Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials had an active participation in the elaboration processes of the RA draft laws on “Making Amendments and Supplements to the Republic of Armenia laws on “Corruption Prevention Commission” and “Public Service”” adopted in 2017. The Commission was also involved in the working group established for that purpose, submitted recommendations, as well as an opinion on the currently circulated legal acts to the...

The Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials, until the deadline of the declaration submission, March 30 of 2017, expected to receive declarations of 3233 high-ranking officials. By summarizing the initial data, 3027 declarant officials submitted their annual declarations for 2017 as of April 10 of 2018. Approximately 2600 declarations of high-ranking officials have already been published. The declaration publication is still in process. The publicity of the...

The Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials expected to receive 3233 declarations of high-ranking officials for 2017 until March 30 of 2018, the deadline for declaration submission. By summarizing the initial data, as of April 10 of 2018, 3027 declarant high-ranking officials submitted their annual declarations for 2017. Approximately 3027 declarations have already been publicized. The declaration publicizing process is still ongoing. The verification process of filling...

The Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials has summarized the outcomes of the Project launched on September 2017 with the support of the Embassy of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Republic of Armenia, which was aimed at raising the Commission’s efficiency in implementing its functions. The Project included different directions: 1. Consultancy on the reforms related to the fight against corruption, 2. Capacity building of the Armenian...

The Commission representatives - Commissioner Lilit Petrosyan and Chief Specialist of the Department of Legal Issues and Proceedings Aregnaz Chandoyan participated in the workshop on digital tools to promote and monitor public integrity on March 29 and 30 of 2018. The event was organized by The Network for Integrity in Paris under the auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This workshop brought together representatives and experts from...

New regulations regarding the acceptance of officio gifts by the new Law on “Public Service” have been established. The acceptance of gifts, while exercising official duties is prohibited by the law. According to the Government order, the public official, while accepting a permissible gifts should inform about it. If the amount of the gift accepted by the high-ranking official exceeds 75 thousand Armenian Drams, the latter is considered as state or community...

By the new RA Law on “Public Service”, the conflict of interest regulations will cover not only certain groups of high-ranking officials, but also larger scope of officials, including people holding state positions, heads of communities with a population of 15,000 and more, their deputies, heads of Yerevan’s administrative districts, their deputies, as well as public servants. Within the meaning of the Law, conflict of interest is a situation in which, when...

By the adoption of the RA Law on “Public Service” on 23 March of 2018, the necessary legal preconditions for the effective functioning of Corruption Prevention Commission to be established on the grounds of the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials, as well as in that context for the proper application of the declaration analysis have been established. The Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials had a great role in the elaboration process of the draft law, the...