PRESENTATION OF ARMENIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM’S WEBSITE HELD IN YEREVAN

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 18 2007

YEREVAN. July 18. /ARKA/. A presentation of a website of Armenia’s
judicial system was held Wednesday. Chairman of the
Court of Cassation of Armenia Hovhannes Manukyan pointed out at the
presentation, the website was created under the Judicial code of
Armenia in order to create a database about the judicial system’s
activity.

"The creation of the database is an attempt to increase the judicial
system’s transparency and make it more available for the community,"
Manukyan said.

He pointed out that in its judicial system Armenia uses case law that
may really work provided that given legal proceeding becomes open to
the community.

"In this context, that portal is an important means for Armenian
citizens to get access to this information," Manukyan said.

He expressed confidence that this information portal will not be a
regular internet page as some, but will become one of the most active
and frequently updateable governmental internet resources.

The bilingual site provides information about the current judicial
system in Armenia. Separate sections are about the Court of Cassation,
Economic Court, and courts of first instance.

The site contains information not only about its structure,
organization, and powers of courts, but also profiles of judges,
their biographies, as well as the procedure of applying to these
courts. Also, the site provides information about the Council
of Justice and its decisions, the Council of Courts’ Chairmen,
Association of Judges, Judicial Department, and Judicial Schools.

The Library section contains decisions of the Council of Justice
and Council of Courts’ Chairmen, materials of judicial practice,
research works of judges and a sample form of all documents, required
for application to courts. The site also provides the information
about the procedure of applying to courts, judicial expenses, and
schedules of court sittings.

In addition, it contains Proposals sections, where everyone can leave
his or her proposals that can be anonymous.

The website was developed with the support of UNDP, USAID, American
Bar Association, and Bearing Point.