A consultation was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, during which the implementation of the action plan of the judicial and legal reforms strategy for 2022-2026 was discussed.

The performance indicators of the strategy in the areas in which various measures were implemented were reported. Accordingly, work was carried out on e-justice, the creation of a fact-finding body, ensuring the continuity of judicial system reforms, etc. In particular, the Civil Procedure Electronic System, the electronic management platform of the Compulsory Enforcment Service, the penitentiary electronic system, the criminal procedure electronic system were launched, the notary activity digitalization program was implemented, a draft decision was submitted for discussion, which will create an advisory committee on the ethics and conduct of judges, etc.

Regarding the upcoming tasks, it was noted that the system of evaluation of judges will be reviewed, and the results of the evaluation will play a decisive role in cases of transfer, promotion, and awarding of judges, competitive procedures for the nomination of candidates for judges of the Court of Cassation and non-judge members of the Supreme Judicial Council, etc. will be established.

Within the framework of the reforms in the criminal justice sector, the procedure for imposing a fine by consent has been introduced, a unified procedure for the payment of funds subject to compensation for damage caused to the state and communities to the treasury account, their management through the treasury system, and the organization of expenditures has been defined.

Within the framework of the reform of the legislation on administrative procedure, the National Assembly adopted a package of amendments to the Code of Administrative Procedure, which established more detailed regulations on notifications and expedited proceedings, and resolved a number of practical issues. Within the framework of the reforms in the field of bankruptcy, a concept for reforms of the bankruptcy legislation has been developed, which envisages the development of a Bankruptcy Code.

Details were also presented on reforms in the areas of legal aid and enforcement.

After the report, a discussion was held on individual points of measures implemented within the framework of reforms in the judicial and legal sphere.

The Prime Minister emphasized that reforms should be implemented with the knowledge gained as a result of unsuccessful attempts. According to Nikol Pashinyan, institutional solutions are needed, the meaning and purpose of which will be to study the stories of failures and turn them into a guidline, knowledge of what happened in which case and what should be done to prevent this from happening. Next, the Prime Minister touched upon the problems related to delays in the examination of court cases and emphasized the need to find comprehensive solutions in this direction through new regulations.