“The Committee of Ministers can control the implementation of the final judgments of the ECHR, not the implementation of the interim measure,” Aravot. am’s assertion during the online media briefing before the publication of the 2022 annual report on the implementation of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is not fulfilled by Azerbaijan, the ECHR request to apply an interim measure, Azerbaijan continues to keep the Lachin Corridor closed, and the question, what instruments are there to put pressure on Azerbaijan, for example, the Committee of Ministers, this is how the head of the Department of Enforcement of the Council of Europe, Clare Ovey, answered. She continued the topic: “The ECHR can demand the application of urgent measures per Article 39, which it did against Azerbaijan.
But under the Convention system, the Committee of Ministers does not have any role in controlling the implementation of the interim measure. This is only within the domain of the ECHR, not the Committee of Ministers. So the Committee of Ministers cannot do anything here. To the question: what are the trends related to the implementation of the judgments of the ECHR in Armenia, and what steps should the RA authorities take?
“We have excellent cooperation with Armenia. We have 57 pending complaints. We have several complaints related to the bad attitude of the police and the health issues of people in penitentiary institutions. The “Chiragov v. Armenia” cases and “Sargsyan v. Azerbaijan” are important. Generally, the RA authorities aim to cooperate with the Committee of Ministers and provide the necessary information to take coordinated steps.”
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