Înapoi Website of the Court of Cassation of Armenia launched and available online for public

Website of the Court of Cassation of Armenia launched and available online for public

A website of the Armenian Court of Cassation was developed with the support of the Council of Europe and is available online since November 2022. 

The Council of Europe has been working closely with the Armenian judiciary to facilitate the effective implementation of European human rights standards, thus to ensure that these standards are rooted into the Armenian legal culture, education and jurisprudence. In this regard, the Court of Cassation as supreme court within the national jurisdiction, has a key role to play. For this reason, the support was provided to the Court of Cassation to strengthen its institutional capacity and professional capacity of judges to apply European human rights standards in a coherent manner, to increase a legal certainty in the Armenian judicial system.

The newly developed website aims at ensuring better access to decisions of the Court of Cassation and increasing public confidence and transparency of the court’s activities.  The data on more than 1800 precedent decisions of the Court of Cassation, dated from 2008 to 2022, was systematised and uploaded on the website with corresponding search filters. With the launch of the website, all the decisions of the Cassation Court will be accessible online. The accessibility of the precedent decisions of the Cassation Court, is of crucial practical importance in terms of unified application of the judicial practice. 

The website was developed  in cooperation with the Court of Cassation of Armenia in the framework of the project “Supporting the criminal justice reform and harmonising the application of the European standards in Armenia" funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in their Partnership for Good Governance II 2019-2022. 

Yerevan 28 November 2022
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Strasbourg, France Strasbourg, 1-2 July 2024
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Addressing hate speech and hate crime: regional gathering of the network of Equality Bodies from the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership Region

A two-day workshop on addressing hate speech and hate crime took place at the premises of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, involving Equality bodies from the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership regions.  The event supported by the EU and Council of Europe, gathered 50 representatives from both regions who discussed and exchanged on the best practices, measures and common challenges when addressing hate speech and hate crime. Through monitoring and reporting, policy advocacy, raising awareness and supporting victims equality bodies play a fundamental role in protecting human rights and ensuring that all individuals are treated equally.

In her opening remarks, Angela Longo, Head of Anti-discrimination Co-operation Unit, Council of Europe, underlined the significant progress in engaging with Equality Bodies through this network, regularly exchanging best practices and addressing the challenges of hatred and intolerance in societies. She highlighted that this new chapter of discussion delves into the grey area between hate speech and hate crime, addressing issues of incitement and biases,

Representatives from Equality Bodies had the opportunity to discuss and enhance their knowledge on the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers Recommendation to member States on combating hate crime, adopted on 7th May 2024, as well as gain a clearer understanding of EU standards in the field of hate crime. Moreover, participants engaged in exchanges with peers from the Spanish Observatory on Racism and Xenophobia (OBERAXE), who shared insights on addressing hate speech in the public discourse. The National Office Against Racial Discrimination (UNAR) in Italy provided practical examples for developing counter-narratives and raising awareness initiatives.

They also explored opportunities to advocate for legislative reform, foster multisectoral co-operation, enhance data collection, and overall improve national mechanisms to counter hate crimes.

This seminar was organised within the action “Promoting equality and combating racism and intolerance in the Western Balkans” and the project “Promoting equality and non-discrimination: towards more resilient and inclusive societies” – co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by the Council of Europe  under the joint Programmes “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye” and “Partnership for Good Governance”.

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