28/01/2015 18:29
Hearing of Perincek vs Switzerland case takes place at ECHR
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is hearing the Perincek vs Switzerland case.
The case involves the conviction by Swiss courts of Dogu Perincek, a minor Turkish political party leader, who had travelled to Switzerland in 2005 with the explicit intent of denying the truth of the Armenian Genocide. In 2008, Perincek appealed the Swiss ruling to the European Court of Human Rights. A majority of five out of seven ECHR judges ruled on Dec. 17, 2013 that Switzerland had violated Perincek’s right to free expression.
On March 17, 2014, Switzerland decided to appeal the ruling to ECHR’s 17-judge Grand Chamber.
Armenia is included as a third party litigant in the Perincek vs. Switzerland case.