  Thomas Hammarberg: PACE is not going to adopt sanctions against Armenia  January 21, 2011 - 20:42 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg said he has no right to offer the CoE to impose sanctions against Armenia. “I do not think that such a possibility is considered today,” Hammarberg told a press conference in Yerevan. “However, it does not mean that the CoE will not react to the existing problems. There are three bodies of the Council of Europe, in which such possibility can be discussed – the European Court of Human Rights, PACE monitoring committee and Committee of Ministers. However, I do not think that the PACE and Committee of Ministers will make a decision on imposing sanctions against Armenia,” said Hammarberg.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event  The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event.Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party.Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh.France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |
