Government Of Armenia To Pay 3,000 EUR Under ‘Case Of Galstyan V. Re

GOVERNMENT OF ARMENIA TO PAY 3,000 EUR UNDER ‘CASE OF GALSTYAN V. REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA’

arminfo
2008-04-28 16:57:00

ArmInfo. Government of Armenia will pay 3,000 EUR under the Case of
Galstyan v. Republic of Armenia.

Press Secretary of Armenian Justice Minister Lana Mshetsyan told
ArmInfo European Court for Human Rights satisfied Galstyan’s appeal
against Republic of Armenia in January 2008. ‘The government adopted a
decision to pay the given amount shortly. The verdict of the European
Court will be translated into Armenian approximately on May 15’,
L. Mshetsyan said.

To recall, the citizen of Armenia Galstyan lodged with the European
Court on April 7 2003. The case originated in an application
(no. 26986/03) against the Republic of Armenia lodged with the Court
under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights
and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by an Armenian national,
Mr Arsham Galstyan ("the applicant"), on 1 August 2003.

Recently Prime Minister of Armenia stressed the necessity of learning
lessons from ‘lost cases’,including from the given Case of Galstyan
v. Republic of Armenia.