The European Court of Human Rights ruled today that Armenia violated Mr. Khachaturov’s rights (Khachaturov v. Armenia, 59687/17)
The applicant, Suren Khachaturov, is a Russian national who was born in 1974 and lives in Yerevan. He was first deputy director of one of the State budgetary establishments of the City of Moscow. The case concerns the Armenian authorities! decision to extradite the applicant to Russia, where he is suspected of corruption offences. The applicant has serious health problems resulting from a stroke. Relying on Article 2 (right to life), Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Article 18 (limitation on use of restrictions of rights), Article 34 (right of individual petition) and Article 38 (adversarial examination of the case) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the applicant complains, in particular, that his transfer, if extradited to Russia, would be a risk to his health and thus in breach of the Convention. The Court found a violation of Article 3, should the applicant be extradited to Russia without a proper assessment of his state of health by the Armenian authorities. The interim measure stays in force until the present judgment becomes final or until further notice, the court ruled. The Court awarded no just just satisfaction for non-pecuniary damage as the finding of a potential breach of Article 3 of the Convention constitutes in itself sufficient just satisfaction in respect of any non-pecuniary damage that may have been sustained by the applicant. It awarded 2,000 euros for the applicant’s costs and expenses.
