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ARAM I CLAIMS CHURCH-OWNED PROPERTY SEIZED BY OTTOMAN TURKEY
ARMENPRESS
18:37, 24 February, 2012
"Armenian Genocide: From Recognition to Compensation" international
conference was held February 23 in Antelias Mother Cathedral with
participation of Armenia and foreign lawyers, political scientists,
genocide research specialists and representatives of different
structures.
As an official from the Catholicostate of the Great House of Cilicia
told Armenpress, Nora Bayrakdaryan, lecturer of international law
during the conference, said it is already 100 years justice has not
been restored in the issue of Armenian Genocide, and discussed the
issue from judicial, legal viewpoints and human rights forwarding
the idea of claimant.
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I, stressing the
wording "genocide", cited from U.N. Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. He said the church-owned estates
and community properties seized by the Ottoman authorities must be
returned by Turkey to its real owner - Catholicostate of the Great
House of Cilicia.
Judge of international judicial institution Joe Verhov noted he
has read numerous studies and books about Armenian Genocide and is
surprised at the denial position of Turkey.
ARMENPRESS
18:37, 24 February, 2012
"Armenian Genocide: From Recognition to Compensation" international
conference was held February 23 in Antelias Mother Cathedral with
participation of Armenia and foreign lawyers, political scientists,
genocide research specialists and representatives of different
structures.
As an official from the Catholicostate of the Great House of Cilicia
told Armenpress, Nora Bayrakdaryan, lecturer of international law
during the conference, said it is already 100 years justice has not
been restored in the issue of Armenian Genocide, and discussed the
issue from judicial, legal viewpoints and human rights forwarding
the idea of claimant.
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I, stressing the
wording "genocide", cited from U.N. Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. He said the church-owned estates
and community properties seized by the Ottoman authorities must be
returned by Turkey to its real owner - Catholicostate of the Great
House of Cilicia.
Judge of international judicial institution Joe Verhov noted he
has read numerous studies and books about Armenian Genocide and is
surprised at the denial position of Turkey.