GOLD MEDAL: ARMENIAN AND EUROPEAN COURT COOPERATON A GOOD SYMBOL
Panorama.am
17:33 04/10/2007
Today in Armenia the president of the European Human Rights
Court, Jan Paul Kosta, was received by the Armenian Constitutional
Court. Constitutional Court president Gagik Harutyunyan considered the
cooperation between the two courts as traditional and lasting, saying
he hoped this would continue for some time to come. He considered the
visit as symbolic, as Armenia is the first country being visited on
the Kosta’s trip.
Hautyunyan pointed out that applications to the European Court have
increased, the reason he thinks being the higher level of justice in
the country, as well as good cooperation between the two courts.
The Human Rights Court president said that nearly 100,000 applications
have been received, and that if this court didn’t exist that the
conditions of people in many countries would be far worse.
According to the human rights president, during the past 20-30 years
the number of decisions reaches has grown, and that this has given
satisfaction to many victims of injustices, as well as given member
countries a chance to take another look at their legal systems.
The Constitutional Court of Armenia decided to gift their guest a
gold medal. They joked as to whether it was real gold, and Harutyunyan
said the matter would be looked into further.
Whatever. The guest said he considered the gold medal a symbol of
the excellent cooperation between the human rights court and Armenia.
We remind that the court delegation will participate tomorrow
in the assembly of protection of human rights cooperation in the
international arena.