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ECHR ORDERS ARMENIA TO PAY 2,500 EUROS IN COMPENSATION
hetq
14:40, July 11, 2012
Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights, in the "Case of
Grigoryan v. Armenia", partially found in favour of the plaintiff
and has obligated the RA government to pay Vahe Grigoryan EUR 2,500
in non-pecuniary damages.
Grigoryan, a member of the Chamber of Advocates, had been arrested
on October 10, 2005 in conjunction with his defense of 4 families
facing eviction from their homes on Pyuzant Street in Yerevan.
He was charged on suspicion of having misappropriated a large sum of
money in collusion with another individual by using forged documents.
Grigoryan alleged, in particular, that he had been unlawfully deprived
of his liberty between 9.50 p.m. on 10 October 2005 and 5.05 a.m. on 11
October 2005, that the domestic courts had failed to provide relevant
and sufficient reasons for his continued detention, that he had no
enforceable right to compensation of a non-pecuniary nature and that
the criminal proceedings against him were lengthy.
Alleged violation of Article 5 § 1 - The applicant complained that
his right to liberty was violated during the first detention hearing
and that the extension of his detention on 2 December 2006 was not
carried out in compliance with the time-limits prescribed by law.
Alleged violation of Article 6 § 1 - The applicant complained that the
length of the criminal proceedings against him was in violation of the
"reasonable time" requirement of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
In its verdict, the ECHR found that there had been no violation of
Article 5 § 1 of the Convention; and that there has been a violation
of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
From: A. Papazian
hetq
14:40, July 11, 2012
Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights, in the "Case of
Grigoryan v. Armenia", partially found in favour of the plaintiff
and has obligated the RA government to pay Vahe Grigoryan EUR 2,500
in non-pecuniary damages.
Grigoryan, a member of the Chamber of Advocates, had been arrested
on October 10, 2005 in conjunction with his defense of 4 families
facing eviction from their homes on Pyuzant Street in Yerevan.
He was charged on suspicion of having misappropriated a large sum of
money in collusion with another individual by using forged documents.
Grigoryan alleged, in particular, that he had been unlawfully deprived
of his liberty between 9.50 p.m. on 10 October 2005 and 5.05 a.m. on 11
October 2005, that the domestic courts had failed to provide relevant
and sufficient reasons for his continued detention, that he had no
enforceable right to compensation of a non-pecuniary nature and that
the criminal proceedings against him were lengthy.
Alleged violation of Article 5 § 1 - The applicant complained that
his right to liberty was violated during the first detention hearing
and that the extension of his detention on 2 December 2006 was not
carried out in compliance with the time-limits prescribed by law.
Alleged violation of Article 6 § 1 - The applicant complained that the
length of the criminal proceedings against him was in violation of the
"reasonable time" requirement of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
In its verdict, the ECHR found that there had been no violation of
Article 5 § 1 of the Convention; and that there has been a violation
of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
From: A. Papazian