The Hay Dat office in Europe welcomes the judgment delievered today by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of “Perincek v. Switzerland” in which the Republic of Armenia has intervened as a third party. Bedo Demirchyan, the Communications Officer of the Hay Dat office in Europe has mentioned that the most welcoming […]

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On 15 October 2015, the European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber delivered a judgment in the case of Perincek v. Switzerland. Armenia had intervened as a third party in the case. Intervening as a third party, the Republic of Armenia anticipated formulations that could cast doubt on the reality of the Armenian Genocide to be excluded […]

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This judgment is a very good result for Armenia and for Armenians. 1. It overrules the comments by several judges in the lower court who thought that the mass murder of the Armenians in 1915 might not amount to genocide. The Court held that they had no jurisdiction to consider findings on this issue. So […]

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The Armenian delegation led by Gevorg Kostanyan, the Government Agent of the Republic of Armenia before the European Court of Human Rights, RA Prosecutor General has paid a working visit to Strasbourg. The ECtHR Grand Chamber will deliver the judgment in the case of Perinçek v. Switzerland on 15 October. Armenia has intervened as a third party […]

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On 1 October 2015 a trilateral working meeting took place in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia between Mr. Arman Tatoyan, Deputy Minister of Justice, Deputy Government Agent of Armenia before the ECtHR, Ms. Stéphanie Grisard, Co-agent of the Belgian Government before the ECtHR, and Ms. Eliza Suchozebrska, Co-agent of the Polish […]

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On September 30 the official launching event of the Project on “Supporting the criminal justice reform and combating ill-treatment and impunity in Armenia” took place. The event was attended by Gevorg KOSTANYAN, the Republic of Armenia Government Agent before the European Court of Human Rights, the Prosecutor General, Arpine HOVHANNISYAN, the Minister of Justice of […]

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On 30 September 2015, within the framework of the Council of Europe project, the official website of the Government Representation before the European Court of Human Rights was launched. The website is created with an ultimate goal to make the execution of the European Court of Human Rights judgments more efficient, in line with the Council of Europe […]

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On 29 September 2015, a meeting was held at the General Prosecutor’s Office among Mr. Gevorg Kostanyan, RA Prosecutor General, the Representative of the RA Government before the European Court of Human Rights, Ms.Genevieve Mayer, Head of Department for Execution of the European Court of Human Rights Judgments, Mr. Fredrik Sundberg, Deputy Head of the same Department […]

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On August 29-30 a workshop on Article 6 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol 1 to the Convention was held in Tsakhkadzor. The goal of the workshop was to improve the skills of the participants regarding the peculiarities of application of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 1 […]

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Within the framework of the Council of Europe project “Strengthening the application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in Armenia” an official visit to Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium) and Strasbourg (Republic of France) was organised from 6 to 8 July 2015. Arman Tatoyan, […]

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