justice-test category

Yes. According to Part 1 of the RA Law "On Public Organizations", a public organization is a public association of citizens of the Republic of Armenia, citizens of foreign countries, stateless persons and/or legal entities, which has the status of a non-commercial organization.

No. Non-governmental organizations are not obliged to re-register their charters. According to Article 13, Part 6 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On Public Organizations" adopted on December 16, 2016, "In case of conflict between the normative legal act of the Republic of Armenia entered into force after state registration and the charter of the Organization or its separate subdivision, the Organization is obliged to during the year to bring the charter into compliance with the requirements of the normative legal act." This law entered into force in 2017. on February 4, therefore the deadline for re-registrations was February 4, 2018. However, according to Article 3 of the RA Law "On Amendments to the RA Law on Public Organizations" adopted on January 16, 2018, the above-mentioned provision has been repealed, therefore, such an obligation no longer exists and no legal consequences will arise if it is not re-registered.