Improving the knowledge and skills of the judges and judicial assistants of the Civil and Administrative Chamber of the Court of Cassation on Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) and Article 1 of Protocol No 1 to the ECHR was the main objective of the two-day seminar organised in Tsakhkadzor on 19-20 March 2015 in the framework of the Project on “Strengthening the Application of the ECHR and the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights in Armenia”, implemented by the Council of Europe and funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The seminar focused on the recent ECHR case law, particularly on the substantive and procedural bases for deciding on the grounds for compensation of non-pecuniary damage. Specific emphasis was given to the mechanisms for calculating the cost of legal services in the reimbursement of the non-pecuniary damage caused to the person as a result of a wrongful conviction. Judgments against Armenia were also analysed and discussed with the international and national speakers present.