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RAG MAMOUL an ADLP PUBLICATION
Official Organ of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party
Article of the Day
Turkey Becomes a Rogue State By
Rejecting European Court’s Verdict
By Harut Sassounian
Thursday, 22 May 2014 Volume # 9, Issue # 94 Page 1
RAG MAMOUL receives material from around the world and in many languages. Our Liberal principles advocate ‘Freedom of
speech’ as a mainstay of our beliefs; consequently the subjects and ideas presented will not necessarily reflect our point of view.
All published material is reviewed, however, we rely on the kind understanding of our audience when grammatical and spelling
mistakes are missed. And in some rare cases, correction of submitted material is purposely not addressed, if it changes the implied
context of the author.
The European Court on Human
Rights (ECHR) issued on May 12 its largest judgment ever against
any country, ruling that Turkey
had to pay $123 million as compensation to relatives of
missing Greek Cypriots and
residents of a Greek enclave in Northern Cyprus.
The Cyprus vs. Turkey lawsuit was filed in 1999, twenty five
years after the Turkish occupation of Northern Cyprus. In 2001, after ruling that the Turkish government had violated numerous
articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR
postponed making a determination of the penalty to be assessed to Turkey.
That decision came earlier this month, when the 17 judges of ECHR’s Grand Chamber issued their final judgment. By a vote
of 16 to 1 (the Armenian and Cypriot judges voted with the
majority, while the Turkish judge was the lone dissenter), ECHR ruled that the intervening 13 years had not invalidated
the court’s 2001 judgment, as claimed by Turkey. By a vote of
15 to 2, ECHR held that the Turkish government had to pay $41
million, plus any tax and interest (if not paid within three months) for 1,456 Greek Cypriots missing as a result of
Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974. By another 15 to 2 votes,
ECHR judges decided that Turkey had to pay an additional $82 million plus any tax and interest (if not paid within three
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Diaspora News Beirut, Lebanon
Haigazian University Board of Trustees Holds Its
Annual Meeting In Beirut
(See on page 3 )
News from Armenia “Armenia Is Our Home” Festival Brings Together
Representatives Of National Minorities
(See on page 5)
Thursday, 22 May 2014 Volume # 9, Issue # 94 Page 2
months) for damages suffered by residents of the Greek Cypriot enclave of Karpas peninsula in Turkish-occupied
Northern Cyprus.
Right before the court’s judgment, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made a vain attempt to derail ECHR’s anticipated negative decision by warning that a ruling against Turkey would undermine the ongoing negotiations to reach
a settlement on the Cyprus conflict. The court rightfully ignored Davutoglu’s threat and went on to issue its firm judgment
in favor of Cyprus.
Having failed to bully the judges, Davutoglu disdainfully declared that Turkey rejects the verdict of Europe’s top human
rights court and boasted that his country will refuse to pay the $123 million in damages.
Davutoglu should be reminded that ECHR’s “Grand Chamber judgments are final” — not subject to appeal — and “all
final judgments are transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of their execution,” according to the court’s records.
Turkish Foreign Minister’s arrogant declaration will certainly come back to haunt his government in the not too distant future. All members of the Council of Europe, without exception, are obligated to comply with ECHR’s rulings. The
court’s judgments are binding on all member states. During the past several decades, Turkey has lost hundreds of
judgments in the European Court and has paid, whether it liked it or not, countless millions of dollars in penalties. Turkey has no other choice, if it wants to remain a member of the Council of Europe. There have been some ECHR cases where
Turkish officials had initially vowed that they would not pay the assessed penalties, but eventually fully paid the required
compensation plus interest.
If the Turkish government sticks with Davutoglu’s boastful rejection, not only Turkey could be stripped of its membership
in the Council of Europe, but also forfeit its slim chance of joining the European Union!
Member states of the Council of Europe do not have the right to decide whether they are willing to abide by ECHR’s
judgments. Otherwise, why would 47 European countries collectively spend almost $100 million a year to maintain a court if its judgments are meaningless or subject to voluntary compliance?
Recently, Turkish leaders have gone on a rampage flaunting domestic and international laws, by jailing a record number of journalists, firing on peaceful demonstrators in Gezi Park, beating family members of a mine explosion victims, making
anti-Semitic statements, threatening to expel the US Ambassador, and waving a finger at Pres. Obama in the White
House!
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers should not tolerate a rogue member state which is a major violator of
human rights. The Council should put Turkey on notice that unless it makes immediate arrangements to pay the $123 million penalty, it would be expelled from the Council of Europe and have its assets in third countries seized to enforce
the court’s judgment.
Europe should take a firm stand on this judgment, as there will be many more such verdicts against Turkey on Cyprus and
possibly someday on Armenian restitutional and territorial demands….
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Thursday, 22 May 2014 Volume # 9, Issue # 94 Page 3
Diaspora News
Beirut, Lebanon
HAIGAZIAN UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOLDS ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN BEIRUT Beirut, May 12, 2014- On May 2 and 3, 2014, the members of the Haigazian University Board of Trustees were brought
together from both the United States and Lebanon to hold their annual meeting in Beirut for two consecutive days.
Over the course of the meetings, the Board engaged substantively with the plans and the university’s other strategic initiatives together with the President, the deans, and the department heads. The meetings were an opportunity to confer
various important matters, focusing particularly on the actions that would be needed to implement over the next year.
The meetings were highlighted by the approval of the 60th anniversary program which will take place during 2014-2015,
and the study of reports of the various departments and projects across the university.
Equally significant was the fellowship dinner which was held in Villa Linda Sursock, Ashrafieh, in the presence of a
number of members of the parliament, in addition to U.S. and Armenian ambassadors to Lebanon, David Hale and Ashod Kocharian.
Diaspora. He proudly quoted some gratifying words from
the President of the Armenian Republic, Serge Sarkissian
during his visit and encounter with Haigazian students, back in November 2012. Kocharian wished the Haigazian
family with its staff members and board of trustees new
achievements and ongoing success.
On this very special occasion, President Haidostian honored benefactors Mr. and Mrs. Armen and Salpi
Haroutiounian with a plaque, for their significant
donation of USD 250,000 towards a scholarship fund, earlier this year.
It is worth noting that board members also enjoyed the great opportunity of witnessing the opening of the 2
nd
phase of the KCHAG reconstruction celebrations, in
Monteverde, Lebanon.
Mira Yardemian
Public Relations Director
In his opening remarks, University President, Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian underlined the importance of Haigazian University in bringing the best of many cultures (Armenian, American and Lebanese), organizations and countries into one institution.
Ambassador Hale, expressed his pride with the USAID program, recognizing Haigazian University for its high academic standards and rich learning environment, where 64 Lebanese students were selected to be a part of the cohort of USAID
grant recipients, based on both their academic merit and financial need as criteria for eligibility.
Ambassador Kocharian expressed his earnest thanks and appreciation to the role Haigazian University plays in the Armenian
Mr. Haroutiounian receiving the Plaque from
Dr. Paul Haidostian
Thursday, 22 May 2014 Volume # 9, Issue # 94 Page 4
Thursday, 22 May 2014 Volume # 9, Issue # 94 Page 5
Yerevan held the festival of the national minority culture of the Republic of
Armenia on the occasion of the Cultural Diversity Day. The festival was entitled”Armenia is Our Home”. Within the framework of the ceremony an
exhibition of decorative-applied art goods was opened in ”Arno Babajanian”
concert hall on May 21 and a concert was held in participation with the
national minority ensemble. The ceremony was held by the financing of the Culture Ministry of the Republic of Armenia.
The Deputy Head of the Modern Art Department of the Ministry Staff Aram Gyurjian underscored that in the context of the state cultural policy realization
of the Government of the Republic of Armenia the preservation of the cultural
diversity and inter-cultural dialogue are among the most important directions.
News From Armenia
“Armenia is Our Home” Festival Brings Together
Representatives of National Minorities
”The Ministry carries out a number of measures with the communities of the national minorities. I want to mention
specially that assistance is shown to 12 papers and one magazine of national minorities, literature is regularly published by
their languages, film projects are shot and this festival is organized. It is the result of state-private sector cooperation,’’ Aram Gyurjian noted as reported by Armenpress.
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