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On 26 October, 2018, the 4th round of the Monitoring Report of Armenia on the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (OECD) Anti-Corruption Network of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has been presented in Yerevan.
The report was presented for about three dozen representatives of the state and public sector, including the representatives of the Armenian Lawyers’ Association Susanne Soghomonyan and Marat Atovmyan, and experts of the Armenian Anti-Corruption Coalition Mariam Zadoyan and Carl Ulbricht.
The report includes the achievements and challenges of Armenia in the fight against corruption. Particularly, the development of public service and civil service legislation, legislative reforms in the field of ethics and conflict of interest, criminalization of illicit enrichment, the establishment of the Corruption Prevention Committee, the establishment of a whistleblowers’ system, the introduction of the beneficial owners institute in the procurement field. The meeting participants also discussed the implementation of recommendations assigned to Armenia as well as the new recommendations given to Armenia by the OECD Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan.
Ms Mariam Zadoyan, the Project Manager of the Armenian Lawyer’s Association (ALA) component of the “Armenia: Promoting Anti-Corruption Conduct and Reforms” Project raised the issue of criminal liability for legal entities. In response to this question, it was noted that the Ministry of Justice of Armenia attaches importance to the introduction of the institute in Armenia and the New Draft Criminal Code will be put on the political agenda again.