Single structure to deal with registration of civil status acts in  Armenia

ArmInfo.  A single body,  Civil Registration Service under the RA Ministry of Justice,  will handle the registration of civil status acts in Armenia. The  country's parliament will discuss amendments to the law "On  Registration of Civil Status Acts" and a package of related laws  during an extraordinary session on December 16.

According to Tigran Dadunts, Deputy Minister of Justice of the RA,  the  civil status registration system provides citizens with variety  of services, the adequacy and high quality of these services play a  fundamental and important role in strengthening the relationship  between citizens and the state.  Accordingly, the powers delegated by  the state must be properly implemented, and appropriate oversight of  their implementation must be ensured. Since May 16, 2021, after the  new Law "On Civil Registration" came into effect, there has been a  division of functions  between the Civil Registration Service and the  territorial administrations. As a result, the Civil Registration  Service in the Republic of Armenia now operates on a partially  decentralized model, divided between two levels of government: the  Ministry of Justice and community structures. This has led to a loss  of oversight over the quality of services provided. 

It is now proposed to consolidate the system, and consider its  employees as civil servants.