(asbarez.com) IZMIR, Turkey—A scheduled conference devoted to the denial of the Armenian Genocide has angered several Turkish lawyers from Izmir, who have responded by issuing an apology for Armenians over the Armenian Genocide. The local Izmir branch of the Association of Modern Lawyers has issued a statement apologizing to Armenians over the Armenian Genocide perpetrated…

(Portal Estação Armênia) On 08 April, the São Paulo Legislative Assembly unanimously approved a draft law introduced by its member Peter Tobias (PSDB) on the Recognition of the Armenian Genocide and on setting April 24 as Remembrance Day for the victims of that crime. In the justification part Tobias explains that the killing and forced…

(asbarez.com) HONOLULU, Hawaii—Hawaii’s State Senate last week unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide and declaring April 24 as a day of remembrance and commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. “The Senate joins the House of Representatives, Hawaii’s Armenian-American community, and all Armenians worldwide in recognizing and honoring those who were killed and persecuted during…

(armenianweekly.com) NICOSIA, Cyprus (A.W.)—The Cypriot Parliament passed a resolution today making the denial of the Armenian Genocide a crime, reported Cyprus Mail. “Today is a historic day. It allows parliament to restore, with unanimous decisions and resolutions, historical truths,” speaker of Parliament Yiannakis Omirou was quoted as saying by the Mail. The bill, which was…

(armradio.am) Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie for the European Region adopted a statement today, condemning the Armenian Genocide and calling on Turkey to face its history. Stressing the inadmissibility of the lack of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide and reminding that such crimes have no statute of limitations, the Presidents of…

Bohjalian, Walrath Lead State Capitol Commemoration Calling for Genocide Justice (anca.org) MONTPELIER, VT – The Vermont legislature strengthened the standing of the Green Mountain State as a leader in the genocide prevention movement by unanimously adopting a concurrent resolution (H.C.R. 86) commemorating the Armenian Genocide Centennial and hosting a day-long series of events honoring the…

Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group Publishes Final Report (asbarez.com) YEREVAN –The Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group on Monday issued its final report, entitled “Resolution with Justice—Reparations for the Armenian Genocide,” offering an unprecedented comprehensive analysis of the legal, historical, political, and ethical dimensions of the question of reparations for the Armenian Genocide. In September 2014,…

(asbarez.com) GENEVA—The 28th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution Friday on the prevention of genocide introduced by Armenia. Armenia’s Foreign Ministry reported that 64 states joined Armenia and became co-authors of the resolution. The resolution will be open for co-authorship for another two weeks. The resolution, adopted in Geneva…

(horizonweekly.com) The parliaments of Cordoba and Santa Fe have unanimously passed bills on proclaiming April 24 th as the Day of Solidarity between Nations and Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide. As “Armenpress” reports, citing PrensaArmenia.com.ar, Law 26199 of Cordoba and Law 9585 of Santa Fe (administrative center of the State of Santa…

ARMENPRESS – The Spanish city of Xirivella has also joined the Spanish cities officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide. “Armenpress” reports about this citing the official Facebook page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. Previously it was reported that the plenary session of City Council of Pinto (Spain) unanimously officially recognized…