Workshop on Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights

On 17 and 18 October 2015, a workshop on Article 2 of the Convention was held in Aghveran, Armenia. The aim of the workshop was to improve the skills of the staff of the Armenian Government Representative before the European Court of Human Rights, regarding the peculiarities of application of Article 2 of the Convention. […]

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Press Release: The claims by the Armenian Government in the case of Perincek v. Switzerland are satisfied by the European Court of Human Rights

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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Statement on the case of Perincek v. Switzerland

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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Trilateral Working Meeting

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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Launch of a New Cooperation

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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Launching of the Official Website of the Government Agent Office

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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Bilateral consultations on the process of execution

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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