RA REPRESENTATIVE TO ECOHR: AZERBAIJANI OFFICIALS MAKE ABSURD STATEMENTS
Panorama.am
11/01/2012
The European Court of Human Rights (ECoHR) has decided to consider
in essence the lawsuits Chiragov v. Armenia and Sargsyan and Others v.
Azerbaijan. ECoHR made this decision on December 14, 2011.
RA Representative to ECoHR Gevorg Kostanyan told a Panorama.am
reporter that ECoHR made this decision because “on both lawsuits,
there are still some facts and circumstances which lack proper
evidence, and this prevents the court from passing a final decision
at this stage.” According to Kostanyan, now the court will consider
the lawsuits in essence.
Chiragov v. Armenia lawsuit has been filed by a family, and Armenian
refugees have filed more than 700 lawsuits against Azerbaijan.
Kostanyan noted that in case ECoHR passes a resolution on the above
mentioned two lawsuits, it will create a legal precedent for other
lawsuits, too.
Kostanyan said the statements by Azerbaijani official sources that
allegedly ECoHR has satisfied the lawsuit of Azerbaijani refugees
against Armenia are absurd.
“They are at least absurd and strange,” he stressed.
The upper chamber of the European Court of Human Rights considered
the lawsuits Chiragov v. Armenia and Sargsyan and Others v. Azerbaijan
simultaneously and held simultaneous hearings on both cases in 2010,
and based on them, on December 14, 2011, made a decision to consider
the applications on both lawsuits.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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