ArmInfo.Armenia will introduce criminal liability for direct or public incitement to genocide. The RA National Assembly at the plenary session on September 17 in the second and final reading amended the country's Criminal Code.
According to one of the authors of the document, a deputy from the ruling My Step bloc Vladimir Vardanyan, in the current Criminal Code of punishment there is no such crime, while Armenia has obligations in accordance with the International Convention for the Prevention of Genocides. "For Armenia, the prevention of genocides around the world is very important. This bill is also an obligation to prevent such crimes against humanity, "Vardanyan stressed.
According to this bill, persons who, for example, are accused of committing, or have committed genocides in Rwanda or in northern Iraq against the Yezidis, will not be able to apply for political asylum in Armenia. At the same time, Vardanyan explained that we are not talking about cases of propaganda of such crimes on the territory of Armenia, but directly affects those persons who have committed crimes of this kind in the territories of other countries. That is, people who are guilty of committing genocide in this or that country will be prosecuted in Armenia.