Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received the Secretary General and the delegation. Welcoming the visit of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the Prime Minister noted that as a member state of the Council of Europe, Armenia is committed to following its path towards democracy, strengthening co-operation in the field of human […]

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On 7 December 2021, the International Court of Justice delivered its orders on the requests for provisional measures made by Armenia and Azerbaijan in the proceedings instituted against one another under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (the “CERD”). The decisions reflect the Court’s acceptance of numerous critical arguments […]

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On 18 February 2021 the European Court of Human Rights delivered the decision of Samadov v. Armenia (application no. 36606/08). The applicant was allegedly forced to flee from his home and property in Kalbajar (a district surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh) in 1993. The present application had been introduced in 2008 more than six years after Armenia’s ratification of […]

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On 4 October 2020 the European Court of Human Rights received a request for an interim measure, lodged by Armenia against Turkey, concerning the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The request was examined by a Chamber of seven judges on 6 October 2020. The Court notes that on 29 September 2020 it called upon both Azerbaijan and […]

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On 29 September 2020, with regard to the request of the Armenian Government to apply interim measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, the Court has decided to apply it. In particular, considering that the current situation gives rise to a risk of serious violations of the Convention, the Court (a Chamber of […]

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