Armenia modifies order of compensations under ECHR judgments 

ArmInfo.   On July 3, at its regular session, the Armenian government approved the draft law on Amendments to the Law on the Representative on International Legal Issues

As stated in the explanatory note to the document, the European Court  of Human Rights (ECHR), having established that due to the nature of  the violated right it is impossible to ensure the restoration of the  violated rights of the applicant, may issue a ruling or decision on  the payment of fair compensation. The payment of the amount of fair  compensation determined by the rulings and decisions of the European  Court is an unconditional obligation of the Republic of Armenia.

However, as noted by the administration of the head of the Cabinet,  in order to receive fair compensation within the established period,  applicants must submit the necessary documents, which in practice is  accompanied by certain problems, in particular, the latter do not  submit the necessary documents in full or within a time frame that  does not allow the office of the Prime Minister to ensure the payment  of the amount of fair compensation within the established period.  Moreover, there is no legal regulation of the process of paying fair  compensation in the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

In view of the above, it became necessary to adopt a procedure for  submitting the necessary documents for the payment of the amount of  fair compensation established by decisions and rulings of the  European Court, and for making the payment, which can be ensured by  establishing a corresponding enabling provision in the Law on the  Representative for International Legal Affairs.

"The draft amendments to the Law on the Representative for  International Legal Affairs propose to provide in the regulatory  legal act an enabling provision on establishing the procedure for  paying the amount of fair compensation established by judicial  decisions and rulings of the European Court," the document states.