TO RECOGNIZE GENOCIDE MEANS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT
18/05/06
Panorama.am
Discussions on the initiative of World Armenian Congress (WAC) to apply to international judicial bodies on the Armenian genocide continued today in closed-door session of WAC experts. Prominent scientists from Armenia, Russia, USA, Germany, Israel and Austria were among the commission.
At the moment, the experts work on a document which is a result of 50 scientists’ work from 17 countries. It considers different approaches for bringing to responsibility for the Armenian genocide within the framework of international judicial bodies.
According to Mihran Dabah, Director of the Institute of Diaspora and Genocide at a German University, Armenians have considerable success in recognition of the genocide. “We have reached a phase when not only we continue work in different countries for the recognition of the Armenian genocide but also the mere fact of denying it has become punishable, for example in France.” According to the expert, before applying to any international court it is advisable to know what the consequences will be. “For me the most important thing is to stop “hystorification” of the issue which would give Turkey time. Another problem is that the countries to which we apply for recognition of genocide may say they are waiting for the court ruling.” Mihran Dabah says “to recognize genocide means to take responsibility for it.”
Panorama.am
Discussions on the initiative of World Armenian Congress (WAC) to apply to international judicial bodies on the Armenian genocide continued today in closed-door session of WAC experts. Prominent scientists from Armenia, Russia, USA, Germany, Israel and Austria were among the commission.
At the moment, the experts work on a document which is a result of 50 scientists’ work from 17 countries. It considers different approaches for bringing to responsibility for the Armenian genocide within the framework of international judicial bodies.
According to Mihran Dabah, Director of the Institute of Diaspora and Genocide at a German University, Armenians have considerable success in recognition of the genocide. “We have reached a phase when not only we continue work in different countries for the recognition of the Armenian genocide but also the mere fact of denying it has become punishable, for example in France.” According to the expert, before applying to any international court it is advisable to know what the consequences will be. “For me the most important thing is to stop “hystorification” of the issue which would give Turkey time. Another problem is that the countries to which we apply for recognition of genocide may say they are waiting for the court ruling.” Mihran Dabah says “to recognize genocide means to take responsibility for it.”
The reason for taking the case to the international juridical bodies is to get Turkey to abide by its decisions. The countries who will find this step as an excuse to delay their decision to recognize the Armenian Genocide, should understand the difference. Turkey claims now that it is ready for discussions on the subject with Armenia and abide by the decisions of the United Nations. Why not the World Armenian Community as opposed to just Armenia, call Turkey's bluff but under Armenian conditions by selecting the venue where the decisions will be taken?
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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