ECHR: Armenia remains in “top ten” by pending applications overall January 30, 2020 - 14:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Court of Human Rights has published its new annual report and statistics. According to the information, Armenia has remained among the “top ten” countries with the largest number of applications pending at the ECHR from previous years. In particular, there were 1,631 cases pending as of 2019, a small decrease (by 14%) from 1,901 files in 2018. Only Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Romania, Italy and Azerbaijan have more pending applications than Armenia. For Armenia in 2019 alone, the number of new applications allocated to a judicial formation was 148, down by 11% from 167 applications in 2018. Furthermore, 63 applications were communicated to the Armenian government in 2019. The European Court delivered judgments on 41 applications against Armenia (around 2.5 times more than 16 in 2018). 372 applications were declared inadmissible or struck out (which is more than five times the figure of 2018).   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months  The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan.Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem."U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says.Family of Ilham Aliyev’s security chief owns vast property in UK As head of security for Azerbaijan’s president, Eyyubov is closely trusted by one of the world’s most authoritarian leaders. |
