Corruption Prevention Commission of the Republic of Armenia

On April 12 of 2018, initial data regarding the submission status of the annual declaration for 2017 was published on the official website of the Commission ( http://ethics.am/en/news/item/2018/04/12/news96/ ). After the publicizing procedure of the declarations, by the outcomes of the data, the annual declarations for 2017 not submitted to the Commission have been taken out. In that regard, proceedings on administrative offence cases by the alleged violation characteristics...

In accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 33 of the Republic of Armenia Law on “Public Service”, the high-ranking officials submit their assumption declaration to the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials within 30 days following the day of position assumption. In that regard, the List of the high-ranking officials, who submitted their assumption declarations later than the time period prescribed by the law within the period of July 1 of 2017 to February 10 of...

Based on the recommendations presented by the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials, the formulation of the “high-ranking officials” is not reflected in the new RA Law on “Public Service”. Its legislative enshrinement was justified until July 1 of 2017, when the jurisdiction of the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials covered only high-ranking officials. Meanwhile, the obligation of submitting asset, income and related persons declarations is...

In accordance with the new RA Law on “Public Service”, the RA President, Government member, person holding an autonomous position can no longer hold a position in commercial organization. Other persons holding public position and public servants are allowed to have 50 and more percent participation in the board of directors of the commercial organization, according to the provisions of the mentioned law. The mentioned legislative recommendation was elaborated by the...

The Commission summarizes the results of the activities for 2017-2018 with the following main directions     1. Establishment of Institutional Grounds for Corruption Prevention 2. Improvement of asset and income declarations system 3. Proceedings procedure 4. Cooperation 5. Anti-corruption education

Within the scope of the cooperation with state bodies, academic institutions, international and non-governmental organizations, the Commission had an active participation in the elaboration process of anti-corruption education projects , knowledge transfer, capacity building trainings, seminars, workshops were organized, as well as professional consultation were provided. 

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...