Armenia, when becoming a third party in the case of Perincek v. Switzerland being considered at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), has expected that the reasoning which questions the fact of the Armenian Genocide be removed from the ECHR judgment, and it has submitted sufficient respective evidence.

Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia Arman Tatoyan, who is also the Armenian government’s deputy authorized representative at the ECHR, told the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am. He stressed that this is the Armenian party’s sole expectation from the trial.

In Tatoyan’s words, the Armenian party has also substantiated that if the ECHR considers it normal to launch criminal proceedings for the denial of the Jewish Holocaust, there are numerous facts also attesting to the reality of the Armenian Genocide, and these facts should be taken into account.

“We have presented [relevant] testimonies, photos of eyewitnesses, and plenty more evidence,” added the deputy minister of justice of Armenia.

The ECHR Grand Chamber in Strasbourg will deliver its judgment in the case of Perincek v. Switzerland on Thursday.

In 2008, a Swiss court had convicted Turkish ultranationalist politician Dogu Perincek for denying the Armenian Genocide. In December 2013, the ECHR had ruled in favor of Perincek’s lawsuit that was filed against Switzerland. Subsequently, the Government of Switzerland petitioned that the Dogu Perincek case be referred for a review by the ECHR Grand Chamber.

Separately, Armenia had petitioned to the ECHR, and it now acts as a third party in this case, whose ECHR Grand Chamber hearing was held on January 28. Armenia was represented at this hearing by renowned attorneys Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney.

Dogu Perincek is chairman of the left-wing Patriotic—formerly Workers’—Party of Turkey. In addition, he heads the Turkish ultranationalist Talaat Pasha organization, which actively fights against the Armenian Genocide’s recognition in Europe.