Showing posts with label Simonetta Sommaruga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simonetta Sommaruga. Show all posts

17.2.14

Scholars Speak Up against European Court Inaccurate Decision

An open letter to Simonetta Sommaruga, head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police of Switzerland, bearing the signature of 37 "concerned genocide scholars" based in Europe and North America, has highlighted  "historical and conceptual inaccuracies" in the European Court’s decision on Dogu Perinçek v. Switzerland, and called on the government of Switzerland to request a reexamination of the Court’s judgment.
Below is the full text of the letter, released on Feb. 14. The Turkish version of the letter appeared the same day in the website of the "Agos" weekly.