YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The amendments to the RA Criminal Code have been included in the agenda of the CE Venice Commission's plenary session being held on March 13-14. According to a press relase of the Council of Europe Yerevan Office, the Venice Commission also intends to express its opinion on the draft law on the freedom to receive information in Armenia. The main issues on the agenda of the Venice Commission are legal reforms in South Caucasian countries, including constitutional amendments in Azerbaijan and Georgia, Georgia's law on occupied territories (Abkhazia and South Ossetia), and the constitutional and legal provisions related to banning political parties in Turkey.

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