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RA Ministry of Justice

Rules of Ethics

Rules of conduct (ethics) of the group of public observers exercising public oversight in penitentiary institutions and bodies

Codes

‹‹On Holding Arrested and Detained Persons›› RA Law
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RA Law «On the Penitentiary Service»
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Orders

Order No. 227-N of the RA Minister of Justice of May 11, 2022
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Order on establishing additional guarantees for the protection of the rights of non-smoking convicts and detained persons
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Order regulating the submission of operational reports on emergency incidents recorded in the penitentiary institutions of the RA MoJ, and invalidating Order No. 86-L of 03.08.2006 of the Head of the RA MoJ Penitentiary Department
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Order on regulating the process for the seizure and return of money, valuables, and other items found in the possession of detained persons or convicts in the penitentiary institutions of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
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Order on repealing Order No. 197-N of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia of September 27, 2012
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Order No. 34-N of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
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Order No. 30-N of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
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Decisions

Decision No. 1543-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of August 3, 2006
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Decision No. 204-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of March 1, 2018
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Decision No. 1559-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of December 14, 2017
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Decision No. 800-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of 6 July 2017
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Decision No. 782-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of July 6, 2017
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Decision No. 1182-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of October 15, 2015
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Decision No. 961-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of July 31, 2003
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Decision No. 896-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of June 16, 2005
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Decision No. 693-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of 25 May 2005
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Decision No. 259-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia of March 4, 2004
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Decision on approving the general description of each group of positions of the civil special service of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia
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International Norms

United Nations manual on human rights
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms* as amended by Protocol No. 11
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Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
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