ArmInfo. Armenian Deputy Minister of Justice Artak Asatryan became Armenia's representative in the European Court of Human Rights. The decision on this was taken at a meeting of the Armenian government on June 15.
The Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan, who presented the draft decision, said that the issue of Artak Astaryan's appointment to the ECHR is temporary, since at present there is a need to revise the current legislation of the country in the part of the European Court of Human Rights. "Work on the bill began," the minister stressed. It should be noted that the head of the commission on state and legal issues of the Armenian parliament, the Republican Gevorg Kostanyan, announced the resignation of the representative of Armenia to the European Court of Human Rights. He explained his decision by changing the political situation in Armenia and the coming to power of new authorities. At the same time, the deputy assured that he and his team over the years have done everything possible to properly represent Armenia's interests in the structure. "I am confident that the new team will work with no less devotion, and will do everything to further enhance the level of human rights protection in Armenia," Kostanyan said in a statement.
The statement, in particular, notes that in the period from 2002 to 2017, the number of complaints from Armenia to the ECHR was 3,416. Of these, 1,518 were rejected by the court. In 2018, the ECtHR passed 93 verdicts against Armenia, 4 of them were satisfied, 1 was reviewed, 84 violations were registered, and 4 such violations were not identified. According to these verdicts the plaintiffs demanded compensation in the amount of 23 million euros, claims were satisfied only for the amount of 1,158,290 euros.