Maxime GAUIN

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FACING LIBERTY: THE VICTORY OF RATIONAL ARGUMENTATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi'nin Perinçek İsviçre'ye Karşıkararı ancak soykırım iddialarını içeren daha önceki davalarlakarşılaştırıldığında tamamen anlaşılabilir olmaktadır. Ermeni tarafı,özgürce ve karşı savlar olmadan iddialarını sunabildiğinde genelde bukonuda zafer elde edebilmiştir. Öte yandan, Ermeni Soykırımı etiketinekarşı ve Ermeni Soykırımı etiketi için çıkan savların yüzleşmeleri Ermeniterörünün destekçileri için felaket sonuçlara sebep olmaktadır. Bununlaberaber, Avrupa Birliği Adalet Divanı'nın bağlayıcılığı olmayankararların hukuksal değerini reddeden kararları ve FransaAnayasa Konseyi'nin Boyer tasarısını geri çeviren kararı AİHM kararınagiden yolu açmıştır. Bu karar konuşma özgürlüğü için olduğu kadar Ermenisorununa dair akademik tartışmaların tanınması için de büyük bir zaferdir. Bukarar, her seviyeden fikir alışverişi için olduğu kadar, muhaliflerini Holokostinkârcılarından farkları yokmuş gibi yansıtmaya çalışan Ermenimilliyetçilerine karşı hakaret davalarında ek bir yasal dayanak olarak dakullanılmalıdır.

(ÖZGÜRLÜKLE YÜZLEŞMEK: RASYONEL TARTIŞMANIN ZAFERİ VE BUNUN SONUÇLARI)

The ECHR's Perincek v. Switzerland verdict is understandableto its full extent only by considering the previous legal cases involvingallegations of genocide. When the Armenian side can present itsallegations freely and without counter-argument, it is generally able toobtain victories. On the other hand, the confrontation of arguments forand against the "Armenian genocide" label leads to disastrous results forthe supporters of Armenian terrorism. Moreover, the decisions of theEuropean Union's Court of Justice rejecting the legal valueof non-binding resolutions, and of the French Constitutional Councilagainst the Boyer bill have paved the way for the ECHR's verdict. Thisdecision is a major victory both for freedom of speech, but also for therecognition of the scholarly debate on the Armenian question. Thisdecision should be used not only as an argument in exchange of ideas atevery level, but also as an additional legal basis for defamation casesagainst Armenian nationalists who attempt to portray their opponents asbeing no better than Holocaust-deniers.
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  • ISSN: 1303-5304
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 2 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 2002
  • Yayıncı: Terazi Yayıncılık Basım Dağıtım Danışmanlık Eğitim Organizasyon Matbaacılık Kırtasiye Tic. Ltd. Şti.
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