Report findings presented during Round table discussion

Today a round table discussion took place in Yerevan during which The Report on the war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the 44-day war of 2020 committed by Azerbaijan was presented. The “Center for Strategic Litigations“ NGO with assistance of the Open Society Foundations – Armenia realized a project aimed to collect the …

Working meeting for ECHR application submission

Today, within the framework of the “International Legal Mechanisms for Prosecution of War Criminals and Protection of Property Rights” project Tatevik Matinyan, the project manager and project assistant Mariam Khzmalyan met with Yeghishe Kirakosyan, representative of the Republic of Armenia at the European Court of Human Rights. During the meeting interstate complain submitted to the …

Time limit for ECHR applications reduced to four months

As of 1 February 2022 the time-limit for submitting an application to the European Court of Human Rights is four months following the final domestic judicial decision in the case, which is usually a judgment delivered by the highest court in the country concerned. The time-limit was previously six months. This new time-limit is not …

Derenik Mkrtchyan and Gayane Mkrtchyan v Armenia (application no. 69736/12)

Today, on November 30, 2021, the ECHR published the case of Derenik Mkrtchyan and Gayane Mkrtchyan vs Armenia. Derenik G., aged 10, was a fourth-grade pupil at School No. 5 in Charentsavan. On 5 June 2010 he had a mathematics examination. While the teacher was away, the pupils had a fight, as a result of which …