The European Court of Human Rights is often perceived as a court where any issue can be challenged. However, the ECtHR’s jurisdiction is limited: it does not replace national courts and does not review every case in its entirety.
The ECtHR’s primary mission is to monitor states’ compliance with international standards for the protection of human rights. The Court takes a human-centred approach. This approach is also reflected in matters such as place names: as a rule, the Court relies on the names used by the respective community and recorded in official documents, regardless of the parties’ political interpretations.
The Strasbourg Court assesses whether a state has fulfilled its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Within the framework of Legal Week, international law specialists Ara Ghazaryan, founding managing attorney of the Ara Ghazaryan Law Office, and Mariam Zadoyan, attorney at Legal Alliance Law Firm, presented the details of the ECtHR’s work.
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