The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) launched accelerated examinations into 23 cases regarding Azerbaijani war crimes during the April 4 day war.

March 29, 2017, 14:26

Artsakh Ombudsman comments on ECHR adoption of 23 cases regarding Azerbaijani war crimes during April War in Artsakh

STEPANAKERT, MARCH 29, ARTSAKHPRESS: Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of the Artsakh Republic, Ruben Melikyan qualified the news as gratifying, adding that it is the result of considerable work done by the advocacy group, from both Artsakh and Armenia.

"The study of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights shows that if the case is investigated according to the usual procedure, it can last 10 or more years. If the adoption process is accelerated, it will be shorter in terms of time, but not a couple of months. The procedure is as follows: First, the case is sent to the respondent’s Government, in this case to Azerbaijan and enough long time is given so that the responsible party submits its response. Then it is sent to the applicants for commenting the respondent's response and for presenting the demands for fair compensation.

Then again, it is sent to the respondent state,” said Ruben Melikyan and added that after some time, the decision is made. Artsakh Ombudsman said that, in general, at the European Court it is the procedure presented in the simplest way, but also often happens when this mechanism passes another stage.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) launched examinations into 23 cases regarding Azerbaijani war crimes during the April 4 day war, attorney Ara Ghazaryan told Armenpress, who is also involved in the lawyer-human rights activist group, which filed complaints to the ECHR over human rights violations of the civilian population and servicemen of Nagorno Karabakh committed by Azerbaijani forces.