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Ads in Swiss papers inform about ICHR ruling on Armenian Genocide denial
12:03 08.03.2014
Armenian Genocide, ECHR, 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, Massis
Post reports.
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.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/08/ads-in-swiss-papers-inform-about-ichr-ruling-on-armenian-genocide-denial/
12:03 08.03.2014
Armenian Genocide, ECHR, 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, Massis
Post reports.
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.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/08/ads-in-swiss-papers-inform-about-ichr-ruling-on-armenian-genocide-denial/