Ensuring right to a fair trial in the Republic of Armenia. Comparative with national law

• Author: Ioan Gânfalean - Miruna Tudorascu
• Position: Associate Professor Phd. - Junior Lecturer Phd. Student
• Pages: 42-45

ENSURING RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL IN THE REPUBLIC OF

ARMENIA.

COMPARATIVE WITH NATIONAL LAW

Ioan Gânfălean

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Miruna Tudoraşcu

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Abstract

In accordance with art. 3 of the draft of Law on National Minorities in Romania “by

the national minority we understand any community of Romanian citizens living in Romania

since the establishment of the modern state, numerically inferior to the majority population,

with its own ethnic identity, expressed through culture, language or religion, which wishes to

maintain, express, and develop.”

Key words: fair trial, rights, national minority, unitary state, legitimate interests.

Introduction

In Romania, the Armenians are an ancient ethnic community of about a millennium,

being present in all regions of Romania. Currently, community members are only a few

thousand.

According to the 2002 census, Armenians in Romania was 1780, many in mixed

families, 721 of them stating their mother tongue as the Armenian language.

Republic of Armenia, or Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան, Hayastan, Հայք, Hayq),

is a country in the southern Caucasus, between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, which borders

Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and south Iran. Armenia is a

member of the Council of Europe and of the Independent States Community and over many

centuries has been a tracing point from West to East. A former Soviet republic, Armenia is a

unitary state with a multi-cultural heritage and ancient history. Armenia is a member of more

than 40 international organizations including UN, Council of Europe, the Asian Development

Bank, Commonwealth of Independent States, World Trade Organization, the Organization of

Black Sea Economic Cooperation and the Francophone. CSTO is a member of the Alliance

military, and participating in NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP). In 200 4 its forces joined

KFOR, NATO's international force in Kosovo. It is also an observer member of the Eurasian

Economic Community and the Non-Aligned Movement. The country is a developing

democracy. Armenia is classified as medium human development country and 10.6% of the

population lives below the international poverty line of 1.25 dollars per day.

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It seemed interesting to approach this problem, which is a topical and is also a

fundamental right of citizen. Article 11 of Romania's Constitution establishes, as a principle

value, the Romanian state's obligation to fulfill in good faith duties which are deriving from

the treaties where Romania is a party, and that treaties ratified by Parliament as part of

national law.

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Associate Professor Phd.,

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Junior Lecturer Phd. Student

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http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia.