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IIGHRS PUBLISHES STATEMENT REGARDING EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS RULING IN SWISS PAPERS
By MassisPost
Updated: March 7, 2014
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 Zurcher 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 Perincek 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 full text of the statement here: English French German
http://zoryaninstitute.org/Announcements/ECHR_Statement_English_Edition.pdf
http://zoryaninstitute.org/Announcements/ECHR_Statement_French_Edition.pdf
http://zoryaninstitute.org/Announcements/ECHR_Statement_German_Edition.pdf
http://massispost.com/2014/03/10920/
By MassisPost
Updated: March 7, 2014
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 Zurcher 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 Perincek 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 full text of the statement here: English French German
http://zoryaninstitute.org/Announcements/ECHR_Statement_English_Edition.pdf
http://zoryaninstitute.org/Announcements/ECHR_Statement_French_Edition.pdf
http://zoryaninstitute.org/Announcements/ECHR_Statement_German_Edition.pdf
http://massispost.com/2014/03/10920/