Corruption Prevention Commission of the Republic of Armenia

On 5 November 2017, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) along with 96 media partners released the “Paradise Papers”, over 13.5 million documents that describe the techniques employed by high-ranking public officials and big companies to evade taxes on over 400 billion dollars around the world. Unlike the “Panama Papers”, which mainly exposed cases of money laundering stemming from tax fraud and illicit activities, the Paradise Papers...

  A workshop on “International Systems for Conflict of Interest Management in Public Sector” was organized at the office of the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials, which was aimed at the reform of conflict of interest management system and the capacity building of the regulations enforcement. Dmitro Kotliar, the expert of the International Governance and Risk Institute talked about the best experience of the differences of the conflict of interest types, more...

 A workshop on “International Corruption Prevention Tools” was organized at the office of the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials. The workshop aimed at the transfer of more profound knowledge on the corruption prevention tools as well as exchange of experience in this regard. Dmitro Kotliar, the expert of the International Governance and Risk Institute talked about the best experience of the corruption prevention tools and the application possibilities of the...

By the unanimous approval of the Network for Integrity, the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Official has become a member of the organization. Anti-corruption organizations from 13 countries and 4 continent are also members of the initiative. The list of the member countries include France, Latvia, Croatia, Greece, Mexico, Moldova, Peru, Romania, Senegal, Georgia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ukraine. The Network for Integrity aims at the development and promotion of integrity culture to...

  A Conference on “Preventing Corruption and Promoting Human Rights” was organized on November 27 of 2017, during which the works directed at the implementation of the recommendations by Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) on Armenia were discussed. “In the outcomes of the declaration system reforms, Armenia has recorded a progress in the fight against corruption. The joint work with the Ministry of Justice has given serious results....

 The Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Official hosted the delegation of the World Bank that included Migara de Silva, World Bank Senior Economist, Davit Melikyan Public Sector Management Specialist and Team Leader of the World Bank Yerevan Office, expert Olga Sikpa, as well as Aharon Mkrtchyan, the Head of the Public Sector Modernization Armenia II Project on November 23 of 2017. Siranush Sahakyan, the Chairperson of the Commission presented the colleagues of the World Bank the new...

  Lilit Petrosyan, the member of the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials, participated in the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) Conference on the Fourth Round Evaluation on the implementation of commitments of Council of Europe member countries in the fight against corruption under the Chairmanship of Czech Republic Government within the period of November 9-10 of 2017 in Prague.The Conference was a professional platform for the discussions of the...

  Armen Khudaverdyan, the Deputy Chairperson of the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials, in the composition of Delegation of the Republic of Armenia, participated in the 7th Session of the Conference of the State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption within the period of November 5-11 in Vienna, Austria. The main problems of the anti-corruption policy, fighting corruption in different sectors of public administration, establishment of anti-corruption...

  With the support of the Embassy of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Armenia, within the scope of the jointly implemented project on “Support to the Republic of Armenia in the Capacity Building of Civil Society Organizations in the Fight Against Corruption” by the International Governance and Risk Institute of the U.K. and the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials, a seminar-training on the topic “The Establishment and Development of...

  In accordance with Article 43 of the Republic of Armenia Law on “Public Service”, started from July 1 of 2017, the failure to submit property, income and family members’ declarations of the declarant high-ranking official, as well as property and income declarations of their family members to the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials of Armenia within the time frame, as prescribed by the law, or submitting of the declarations with the violation of the...

  The International Governance and Risk Institute of the U.K., in cooperation with the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials, implements a project with the support of the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Armenia. The project aims at the effective implementation of the actions as foreseen by the legal acts adopted in regard to anti-corruption field on June 9 of 2017, including the capacity building of the Commission, as well as the promotion...

  The Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials had a working meeting with the President of the Republic. Siranush Sahakyan, the Chairperson of the Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials of Armenia, presented the works implemented during the past years by the Commission, the main achievements and problems, as well as the measures to be taken towards their solution. Particularly, the President of the Republic of Armenia was reported, that the Commission on Ethics of...