Success Stories
RESTORATION OF VIOLATED RIGHTS
Respect and honor towards the participants of war were the indispensable part of the human approach in all epochs of the history. Yet, at present, these values are not duly conceived among us. The story of the legal assistance that the Armenian Young lawyers Association provided to Andranik Gasparyan, 88 years old participant of the Great Patriotic War, is an evidence for this. In 2005 A. Gasparyan applied to the court with complain against the inactivity of the Republic of Armenia Military Commissariat requesting the court to oblige the Military Commissariat of the RA to recognize him as participant of the Great Patriotic War and realize all the necessary readjustment of his pension. On 23 May 2005 court of the First Instance of Kentron and Nork-Marash Communities and after that on 25 October 2005 the Court of Appeals on Civil Cases of the Republic of Armenia rejected A Gasparyan's application.
Realizing that he cannot protect his violated rights personally, A Gasparyan applied for the help of the Armenian Young Lawyers Association in early November 2005.On 16 December 2005 based on the appeal issued by Liana Harutyunyan, advocate of the Armenian Young Lawyers Association the Chamber of Civil and Economic Cases of the Court of Cassation vacated the decision of 25 October 2005 of the Court of Appeals on Civil Cases of the Republic of Armenia and send it back to consideration by the same court in other composition. Further, on 1 March 2006 the Court of Appeals on Civil Cases of the Republic of Armenia considered the civil case "Andranik Gasparyan v. the Republic of Armenia Military Commissariat" pleading the inactivity of the state body, decided to sustain the claim, to recognize A. Gasparyan participant of the Great Patriotic War, and realize all the necessary readjustment of his pension since 2000. This decision was not disputed and entered into legal force on 16 March 2006. At present A. Gasparyan with the support of AYLA has to apply to the Bodies for compulsory realization of the judicial acts, because the Republic of Armenia Military Commissariat fails to realize its obligations voluntarily. We are confident that Andranik Gasparyan will receive his certificate of Honorable Participant of the Great Patriotic War in the course of realization of the decision.
Interviews
THE SECOND GENERATION REFORMS SHOULD START FROM THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE. December 2007
Karen Zadoyan, Managing Partner of the "LEGAL ALLIANCE" Law Firm, Advocate
THE EXTENT TO WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL'S HUMAN RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED DETERMINES THE LEVEL OF JUSTICE WITHIN THE COUNTRY. June 2007
Alvina Gyulumyan, A Judge for the European Court of Human Rights
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE TAXATION SERVICES IS THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF HONEST TAXPAYERS. April 2007
Arthur Osikyan, PhD in Law, Deputy Head of the State Taxation Services at the Armenian Government
THE RA JUDICIARY SYSTEM SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT, JUST, TRUSTWORTHY AND PREDICTABLE. March 2007
Hovhannes Manukyan, Chairman of the Court of Cassation of the Republic of Armenia
THE RESULTS OF LEGAL AND JUDICIARY REFORMS ARE INADEQUATE.February 2007
Gagik Ghazinyan, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Republic of Armenia National Academy, Dean of the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University
THERE IS NO NEED TO EXPAND THE AUTHORITIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE THEM EFFECTIVELY: January 2007
Armen Harutyunyan, Ombudsman of the Republic of Armenia
