PACE Committee recommends Armen Harutyunyan’s candidacy for Armenia’s Judge to the European Court

PACE Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights recommends, by a narrow majority, the candidature of Mr. Armen Harutyunyan, over that of the candidature of Ms. Liana Hakobyan, as the most qualified candidate, according to teh website of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

The committee held a meeting in Paris on 9 and 10 June 2015 with Mr. Klaas de Vries (Netherlands, Socialist Group) in the Chair.

In accordance with previous practice and as specified in Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2002 (2014), the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights assessed the qualifications of the candidates to the Court in respect of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Luxembourg and Monaco and has interviewed all the candidates on 9 and 10 June 2015.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS