Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has met with Grigor Minasyan, Minister of Justice of Armenia. She welcomed Armenia’s excellent progress with regard to the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. In this context, she noted the recent establishment of the inter-agency committee for the oversight of these judgments. The Secretary General met the members of this committee in Strasbourg in May. 

Close partnership between the Council of Europe and Armenia in co-operation projects was another key theme of the meeting. Secretary General Pejčinović Burić mentioned in particular the steps taken to improve the framework on the disciplinary proceedings against judges. Co-operation in the areas of policing and deprivation of liberty was also discussed.

The Secretary General welcomed Armenia’s progress in the legislative process to ratify Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights (concerning the abolition of death penalty in all circumstances). She also encouraged the authorities to accede to a number of other Council of Europe treaties, such as the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine and the Second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention.