HOVHANNISYAN v. ARMENIA JUDGMENT
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In the case of Hovhannisyan v. Armenia,
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a
Chamber composed of:
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, President,
Kristina Pardalos,
Aleš Pejchal,
Krzysztof Wojtyczek,
Armen Harutyunyan,
Tim Eicke,
Jovan Ilievski, judges,
and Abel Campos, Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 6 February and 26 June 2018,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the
last-mentioned date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in an application (no. 18419/13) against the
Republic of Armenia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
(“the Convention”) by an Armenian national, Ms Aida Hovhannisyan (“the
applicant”), on 6 March 2013.
2. The applicant was represented by Mr K. Mezhlumyan, a lawyer
practising in Yerevan. The Armenian Government (“the Government”) were
represented by their Agent, Mr G. Kostanyan, Representative of the
Government of Armenia to the European Court of Human Rights.
3. The applicant alleged, in particular, that her ill-treatment in the
workplace by her superiors and the refusal of the authorities to institute
criminal proceedings into the matter constituted a violation of the
substantive and procedural aspects of Article 3 of the Convention.
4. On 6 October 2015 the complaints concerning alleged ill-treatment
and the lack of an effective investigation were communicated to the
Government and the remainder of the application was declared inadmissible
pursuant to Rule 54 § 3 of the Rules of Court.