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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

President draws attention of International community on genocide survivors

President draws attention of International community on genocide survivors

YEREVAN, APRIL 23, ARMENPRESS. There is not enough attention on the issue of genocide survivors in international legislative documents regarding the crime of Genocide. As “Armenpress” reports, this was stated by President Serzh Sargsyan during the “Against the Crime of Genocide” Global Forum in Yerevan.

“Today, unfortunately, the humankind still lacks humanness. It is demostrated by the wave of denial by the genocide perpetrators and their successors. It was rightly noted by the Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel that to deny would be akin to killing victims a second time. In some instances denial is expressed through violation of the right to remembrance and awareness. Denial imposes constant feeling of fear unto the survivors and their successors since those who deny or justify what had happened do not directly exclude the possibility of ruccurence of that very same crime should there be aproppriate conditions for that.
Meanwhile, I believe that the international legal documents related to the crime of genocide do not pay due attention to the international legal regulation of the issues related to the genocide survivors. The same is also true for the international legal regime related to the refugees. It is critical to understand how to define a special legal status for survivors of genocide and other crimes against humanity through the improvement of the existing legal mechanisms or introduction of new legal norms; otherwise, perhaps, it would be impossible to comprehensively approach this issue.
Any reasonable adjudication of a crime requires also recognition of the rights of the victims concerning their losses and suffering. Certainly, it is also true for the survivors of genocide and other crimes against humanity. Necessary mechanisms should be installed, which will allow both recognizing that right and implementing it,” Serzh Sargsyan said.

The 2nd “Against the Crime of Genocide” Global Forum kicked off in Yerevan. The forum will mainly focus on issues of genocide refugees and living survivors. Sessions are scheduled to take place, followed by Q&As. Participants will deliver speeches.

More than 70 foreign media are covering the forum.

 

 








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