International law should decide on the controversial Armenian problem
SENEM CAGLAYAN
The New Anatolian / Ankara
[...]the 1948 United Nations International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide [...]defines “genocide” as an act of partial or total annihilation of a national, ethnic, or religious group. The convention also says that rather than states, the persons that committed this crime could be accused and punished. The convention can only be applied to cases which occurred after it was put into force. Therefore, since it was put into force in 1948, past events do not fall under its purview and since it can only be applied to persons, not states, it is clear that it has no force for events in the closing days of World War I.
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Following the Polish Parliament's recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide claims, the Russian Duma made a similar move but went even further. [...], the Armenians in Russia declared the same day that they had unveiled monuments to the so-called Armenian genocide.
As for Switzerland and Belgium, Switzerland recently confirmed that it had begun an inquiry into Turkish Historical Society (TTK) Chairman Yusuf Halacoglu for publicly rejecting on Swiss soil the Armenian claims of genocide. A similar situation might emerge in Belgium because it has a new legal arrangement in the works to legally charge those who reject the genocide claims. [...].
In light of these recent developments, it is clear that claiming that there was no “genocide” or even discussing this controversial problem in Europe will receive harsh punishment.
[...]
At this point, in order to get rid of these accusations, Turkey should bring this controversial problem to a legal basis and so let international law decide the issue from now on.
Ankara announced on Monday a new strategy against the Armenian claims of genocide and set its blueprint in accordance with it.
Under the new strategy, Ankara decided to abandon its old approach of leaving the discussion and investigation to the historians and decided instead to follow an active and organized policy to prove that the Armenian claims of genocide are unfounded.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears on:
http://www.thenewanatolian.com/htm/subs/opinions/006-3.htm
Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
The New Anatolian / Ankara
The interpretation below is strange since there is no statute of limitation to the crime of genocide. But since I am not an expert I leave it to experts.
[...][...]the 1948 United Nations International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide [...]defines “genocide” as an act of partial or total annihilation of a national, ethnic, or religious group. The convention also says that rather than states, the persons that committed this crime could be accused and punished. The convention can only be applied to cases which occurred after it was put into force. Therefore, since it was put into force in 1948, past events do not fall under its purview and since it can only be applied to persons, not states, it is clear that it has no force for events in the closing days of World War I.
[...]
Following the Polish Parliament's recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide claims, the Russian Duma made a similar move but went even further. [...], the Armenians in Russia declared the same day that they had unveiled monuments to the so-called Armenian genocide.
As for Switzerland and Belgium, Switzerland recently confirmed that it had begun an inquiry into Turkish Historical Society (TTK) Chairman Yusuf Halacoglu for publicly rejecting on Swiss soil the Armenian claims of genocide. A similar situation might emerge in Belgium because it has a new legal arrangement in the works to legally charge those who reject the genocide claims. [...].
In light of these recent developments, it is clear that claiming that there was no “genocide” or even discussing this controversial problem in Europe will receive harsh punishment.
[...]
At this point, in order to get rid of these accusations, Turkey should bring this controversial problem to a legal basis and so let international law decide the issue from now on.
Ankara announced on Monday a new strategy against the Armenian claims of genocide and set its blueprint in accordance with it.
Under the new strategy, Ankara decided to abandon its old approach of leaving the discussion and investigation to the historians and decided instead to follow an active and organized policy to prove that the Armenian claims of genocide are unfounded.
[...]
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears on:
http://www.thenewanatolian.com/htm/subs/opinions/006-3.htm
Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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