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Amal Clooney: This court is well aware of Turkey's attitude to
protection of freedom of expression
17:38 28/01/2015 >> LAW
The European Court of Human Rights hearing in the case of Perincek v.
Switzerland is closed. All parties involved in the case made remarks.
Dogu Perincek and his lawyers spoke first. Then Switzerland, the
respondent in this case, spoke, and Turkey and Armenia, acting in the
case as third party, spoke next.
Armenia's representative to the European Court of Human Rights Gevorg
Kostanyan drew the court's attention to a huge number of historical
facts which prove that the Ottoman Empire in the last years of its
existence "planned and cynically" perpetrated the Armenian Genocide.
Lawyer Geoffrey Robertson, representing Armenia, stressed that Dogu
Perincek traveled to Switzerland in 2005 with an aim to deliberately
violate the Swiss law by making a statement denying the Armenian
Genocide.
Amal Clooney, who defends Armenia's interests, presented irrefutable
historical facts about the Armenian Genocide, noting that the facts of
mass killings obviously confirm that what happened in 1915 was
genocide and the organizers pursued a goal to perpetrate genocide.
In response to the remarks by the representatives of Turkey about the
need to defend the freedom of expression, she said, "This court is
well aware of Turkey's attitude to the protection of freedom of
expression," referring to the hundreds of cases under Article 10 of
the European Convention on Human Rights.
Dogu Perincek in his closing remarks tried to present his views about
the "Armenian Genocide - an imperialist lie," but the court chairman
interrupted him, not allowing him to make such statements as "Talaat
was a fighter of freedom" and use the court for spreading propaganda
theses.
The verdict in the case is expected to be announced in 6-8 months.
In 2008, a Swiss court convicted Dogu Perincek for denying the
Armenian Genocide. In December 2013, the ECHR ruled in favor of
Perincek's lawsuit, filed against Switzerland. Then the government of
Switzerland decided to petition that the Dogu Perincek case be
referred for a review by the ECHR Grand Chamber. Later, Armenia
petitioned to the ECHR and it now acts as a third party in this case.
http://www.panorama.am/en/law/2015/01/28/perincek-switzerland/
protection of freedom of expression
17:38 28/01/2015 >> LAW
The European Court of Human Rights hearing in the case of Perincek v.
Switzerland is closed. All parties involved in the case made remarks.
Dogu Perincek and his lawyers spoke first. Then Switzerland, the
respondent in this case, spoke, and Turkey and Armenia, acting in the
case as third party, spoke next.
Armenia's representative to the European Court of Human Rights Gevorg
Kostanyan drew the court's attention to a huge number of historical
facts which prove that the Ottoman Empire in the last years of its
existence "planned and cynically" perpetrated the Armenian Genocide.
Lawyer Geoffrey Robertson, representing Armenia, stressed that Dogu
Perincek traveled to Switzerland in 2005 with an aim to deliberately
violate the Swiss law by making a statement denying the Armenian
Genocide.
Amal Clooney, who defends Armenia's interests, presented irrefutable
historical facts about the Armenian Genocide, noting that the facts of
mass killings obviously confirm that what happened in 1915 was
genocide and the organizers pursued a goal to perpetrate genocide.
In response to the remarks by the representatives of Turkey about the
need to defend the freedom of expression, she said, "This court is
well aware of Turkey's attitude to the protection of freedom of
expression," referring to the hundreds of cases under Article 10 of
the European Convention on Human Rights.
Dogu Perincek in his closing remarks tried to present his views about
the "Armenian Genocide - an imperialist lie," but the court chairman
interrupted him, not allowing him to make such statements as "Talaat
was a fighter of freedom" and use the court for spreading propaganda
theses.
The verdict in the case is expected to be announced in 6-8 months.
In 2008, a Swiss court convicted Dogu Perincek for denying the
Armenian Genocide. In December 2013, the ECHR ruled in favor of
Perincek's lawsuit, filed against Switzerland. Then the government of
Switzerland decided to petition that the Dogu Perincek case be
referred for a review by the ECHR Grand Chamber. Later, Armenia
petitioned to the ECHR and it now acts as a third party in this case.
http://www.panorama.am/en/law/2015/01/28/perincek-switzerland/