MATEVOSYAN v. ARMENIA - 61730/08 (Judgment : Article 6 - Right to a fair trial : First Section Committee)

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

��������� Tim Eicke, President, ��������� Jovan Ilievski, ��������� Raffaele Sabato, judges, and Renata Degener, Deputy Section Registrar,

The case originated in an application (no. 61730/08 ) 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, Mr Davit Matevosyan (�the applicant�), on 1 December 2008.

The applicant was represented by Mr Shushanyan and Mr Grigoryan, lawyers practising in Yerevan. The Armenian Government (�the Government�) were represented by their Agent, Mr G. Kostanyan, and subsequently by Mr Y. Kirakosyan, Representative of the Republic of Armenia before the European Court of Human Rights.

On 12 February 2013 notice of the complaints concerning the alleged lack of a fair trial and the applicant�s prosecution and conviction being in breach of his freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom from discrimination was given to the Government and the remainder of the application was declared inadmissible.