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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has published its ruling regarding the case of Avakemyan v. Armenia registering  violation of Article 6 (Right to Fair Trial) and Article 13 of the Convention (Right to Effective Remedy).

Pursuant to the verdict, Armenia is obliged to pay EUR 3,600 to the claimant in respect of non-pecuniary damage in a three-month period after the publication of the ruling.

The case refers to monetary claim, which features three verdicts of the Armenian courts made in 2005, 2007 and 2008.

The judgement notes that applicant demanded the RA courts to seize certain amount of money from respondent K. The court granted the plaintiff’s claim, however the courts’ rulings were not properly enforced.

It is noted that only on 10 February 2012, respondent K. presented a payment receipt to the Service of the Compulsory Enforcement.
The ECHR has ruled out that the judgement was not enforced due to the insufficient steps taken by the state.

As the ruling notes, applicant Avanes Avakemyan applied to the ECHR on July 11 2009 complaining under article 34 of the Convention. He claimed 25,000 euros (EUR) in respect of pecuniary damage and EUR 5,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage.

The court submitted that the claim for non-pecuniary damages should also be rejected as the applicant had already received redress at the national level.

The case had been brought to the ECHR by Avakemyan advocate Hayk Alumyan.