The Armenian government plans to enact a new Code of Criminal Procedure which it says would strengthen due process in the country by limiting sweeping powers currently enjoyed by law-enforcement bodies.
The code was drafted by the Ministry of Justice and approved by Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian's cabinet at a recent session. Armenia's parliament is due to debate it this fall.
Deputy Justice Minister Ruben Melikian said on Monday that more than two-thirds of the code's 564 articles are new provisions that do not exist in current Armenian legislation regulating criminal investigations and trials. He said they stipulate procedures and practices widely applied in the West and seek to address rulings handed down by the European Court of Human against the Armenian government.
Armenian News
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