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IIGHRS Statement re: ECHR Ruling
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
A Division of the Zoryan Institute
PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT: Deborah Hay
DATE: March 7, 2014
TEL: 416-250-9807
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Publishes Statement Regarding European Court of Human Rights Ruling in
Swiss Papers
Bern, Switzerland--The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights
Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute) produced a full-page
informational advertisement that appeared in Switzerland's leading German
and French language newspapers Neue Zürcher Zeitung on March 6 and Le
Temps on March 7. The advertisements were the product of collaboration
between the Switzerland Armenia Association and the IIGHRS. Links to these
articles in English, French, and German follow this article.
The purpose of these ads was to raise awareness with
the Swiss public that the December 17, 2013 ruling of the Perinçek vs.
Switzerland case by the European Court of Human Rights, promotes racism and
violence against Armenians in Turkey and elsewhere. The statement further
argued that the Swiss government has a moral responsibility to appeal this
ruling and defend its laws against racism.
Seeing that to date the Swiss Government had not filed an appeal against
the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, the IIGHRS felt that it
is crucial to educate the public about this critical legal and moral issue.
Switzerland was not a bystander to the Armenian Genocide in 1915, and it
should not be a bystander and allow its denial today. In this respect, the
Institute endeavored to raise awareness of the facts of the Armenian
Genocide through the speeches of the President of Switzerland in 1922 to
the League of Nations, and in the words of the current President about the
action needed against denial of the Holocaust or any other genocide.
President Burkhalter noted that it is the duty of the Swiss people to
remind people, 'of the facts and the historical reality', and stressed that
Switzerland does not want to just 'pay lip service, but to take concrete
action' to fight denial. Through the juxtaposing of these two historical
speeches, the Institute explained that while it does not disagree with the
right to freedom of speech, it takes issue with the ECHR's highly debatable
statements about the Armenian Genocide that went far beyond the Court's
mandate or competence.
Read the Texts Here: English
French
German
Copyright (c) 2014 The Zoryan Institute of Canada, Inc, All rights
reserved.
Our mailing address is:
The Zoryan Institute of Canada, Inc
255 Duncan Mill Rd
Suite 310
Toronto, ON M3B 3H9
Canada
From: A. Papazian
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
A Division of the Zoryan Institute
PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT: Deborah Hay
DATE: March 7, 2014
TEL: 416-250-9807
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Publishes Statement Regarding European Court of Human Rights Ruling in
Swiss Papers
Bern, Switzerland--The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights
Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute) produced a full-page
informational advertisement that appeared in Switzerland's leading German
and French language newspapers Neue Zürcher Zeitung on March 6 and Le
Temps on March 7. The advertisements were the product of collaboration
between the Switzerland Armenia Association and the IIGHRS. Links to these
articles in English, French, and German follow this article.
The purpose of these ads was to raise awareness with
the Swiss public that the December 17, 2013 ruling of the Perinçek vs.
Switzerland case by the European Court of Human Rights, promotes racism and
violence against Armenians in Turkey and elsewhere. The statement further
argued that the Swiss government has a moral responsibility to appeal this
ruling and defend its laws against racism.
Seeing that to date the Swiss Government had not filed an appeal against
the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, the IIGHRS felt that it
is crucial to educate the public about this critical legal and moral issue.
Switzerland was not a bystander to the Armenian Genocide in 1915, and it
should not be a bystander and allow its denial today. In this respect, the
Institute endeavored to raise awareness of the facts of the Armenian
Genocide through the speeches of the President of Switzerland in 1922 to
the League of Nations, and in the words of the current President about the
action needed against denial of the Holocaust or any other genocide.
President Burkhalter noted that it is the duty of the Swiss people to
remind people, 'of the facts and the historical reality', and stressed that
Switzerland does not want to just 'pay lip service, but to take concrete
action' to fight denial. Through the juxtaposing of these two historical
speeches, the Institute explained that while it does not disagree with the
right to freedom of speech, it takes issue with the ECHR's highly debatable
statements about the Armenian Genocide that went far beyond the Court's
mandate or competence.
Read the Texts Here: English
French
German
Copyright (c) 2014 The Zoryan Institute of Canada, Inc, All rights
reserved.
Our mailing address is:
The Zoryan Institute of Canada, Inc
255 Duncan Mill Rd
Suite 310
Toronto, ON M3B 3H9
Canada
From: A. Papazian