American court's decision to question 39 states' recognition of Armenian GenocideAugust 27, 2009 - 16:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - US Federal Appeals Court's decision prohibiting descendants of Armenian Genocide victims to sue foreign companies for unpaid claims has no legal bases, Hay Dat Central Office Director Kiro Manoyan told a news conference in Yerevan. "In 2000, California state adopted a law enabling descendants of Genocide victims to sue American and other foreign insurance companies for unpaid claims. Following such decision, descendents of the aggrieved filed suit against several insurance companies such as New-York Life (US), AHA (France) and 3 German companies," Hay Dat Bureau Director noted. Those who filed claims against New York Life and AHA received financial compensation, whereas German companies appealed against the decision, claiming that California State's law contradicted US Constitution. "Court decision says that California state's law does not conform to US Constitution as it contains the words 'descendents of Armenian Genocide victims', whereas United States has not officially recognized the fact. The court also ruled the decision unconstitutional considering that it contained statements on US domestic policy which is within the competence of US Congress and President," Manoyan stated, adding that no law in America disallows separate states to recognize Armenian Genocide. "If American court's decision remains unchanged, Turkish organizations in US can use it as a tool to prevent Congress from adopting Genocide Resolution and prohibit official Washington to recognize the fact," Manoyan said. On August 20, US Federal Appeals court ruled that Armenian Americans descended from Genocide victims cannot sue foreign insurance companies for unpaid claims because the US Government does not legally recognize that an Armenian genocide occurred. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |