MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO REDUCE NUMBER OF DECISIONS OF EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHST AGAINST REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
NOYAN TAPAN
Ju ne 19
By instructions of the president and the prime minister of Armenia,
everything possible will be done to exclude human rights abuse cases
in our country and in this way to reduce the number of decisions of the
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against the Republic of Armenia,
the RA deputy minister of justice, representative of the RA government
in the European Court of Human Rights Gevorg Kostanian stated at the
June 18 press conference. "If the Armenian legal bodies bring their
actions and decisions into line with the comments of the European
Court of Human Rights, the number of decisions against Armenia will
decline," he said. It was announced that so far 6 decisions against
the RA have been taken by the ECHR.
In the words of G. Kostanian, the ECHR is currently examining a
lawsuit filed by Azerbaijani citizens against Armenia. Whereas,
by press publications, the number of suits by Azerbaijani citizens
makes 500. The deputy minister said that the ECHR is also examining
2 suits by Armenian citizens against Azerbaijan.