The lawyers of the former president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has prepared the
lawsuit to submit the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), one of the lawyers Hayk Alumyan told reporters on Saturday at a press conference. The case concerns the detention and prosecution of the ex-president on charges of overthrowing constitutional order of the country during the March 1-2, 2008 post-election events.
“The application is on my desk right now. We need to insert certain documents and it is a matter of two-three days to submit the complaint to the ECHR,” Alumyan said.
Asked about expectations from ECHR, Alumyan said as any applicant they also count on positive outcome. “We do expect that the violations taken place in Armenia will receive proper assessment,” added Alumyan.
To remind, on December 7, Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld the first instance court’s ruling to arrest Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan and his lawyers strongly deny the charges as ‘politically motivated’.