Armenia, Azerbaijan have lowest proportion of female judges in EuropeOctober 6, 2016 - 17:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Azerbaijan have the lowest proportion of female judges across Europe. A new report published by the Council of Europe said that 23% of judges in the former and only 11% in Azerbaijan are female. The figures - which date from 2014 - were published in a Council of Europe report on judicial systems. The Council is separate from the European Union. To date, few States or entities have implemented specific measures to promote gender equality within the judiciary through recruitment. Only Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Germany, Montenegro, Norway and UK-England and Wales indicate that they apply specific rules in this regard. For example, in Armenia, parity between men and women is one of the considerations when drawing up the list of judge candidates, which must contain not less than 25 % of representatives of one gender. The position of Armenia's Minister of Justice, by the way, is held by a woman, Arpine Hovhannisyan. Also the report said, the judge staff has seen a significant increase in the country, registering an 11% hike between 2010 and 2014. The United Kingdom has the lowest proportion of female judges in the EU, according to the research. The report says 30% of judges in England and Wales are female. The figure falls to 23% in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The highest percentage of female judges in Europe was reported in Slovenia (78%), Latvia (77%) and Romania (74%). Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |