TAMARYAN v. ARMENIA - 37096/12 (Judgment : Article 10 - Freedom of expression-{general} - withdrawal of university passports : Fourth Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr , President , ��������� Armen Harutyunyan, ��������� Ana Maria Guerra Martins , judges , and Valentin Nicolescu, Acting Deputy Section Registrar ,

the application (no. 37096/12) 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�) on 6 June 2012 by an Armenian national, Mr Kamsar Tamaryan, born in 1965 and living in the village of Lernapat (�the applicant�) who was represented by Ms L. Hakobyan and Mr T. Yegoryan, lawyers practising in Yerevan;

the decision to give notice of the application to the Armenian Government (�the Government�), represented by their Agent, Mr G. Kostanyan, and subsequently by Mr Y. Kirakosyan, Representative of the Republic of Armenia on International Legal Matters;

1.  The case concerns the defamation proceedings against the applicant and raises an issue under Article 10 of the Convention.