@article{article_600780, title={FACING LIBERTY: THE VICTORY OF RATIONAL ARGUMENTATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES}, journal={Review of Armenian Studies}, pages={127–160}, year={2014}, keywords={Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia}, abstract={The ECHR’s Perincek v. Switzerland verdict is understandableto its full extent only by considering the previous legal cases involvingallegations of genocide. When the Armenian side can present itsallegations freely and without counter-argument, it is generally able toobtain victories. On the other hand, the confrontation of arguments forand against the “Armenian genocide” label leads to disastrous results forthe supporters of Armenian terrorism. Moreover, the decisions of theEuropean Union’s Court of Justice rejecting the legal valueof non-binding resolutions, and of the French Constitutional Councilagainst the Boyer bill have paved the way for the ECHR’s verdict. Thisdecision is a major victory both for freedom of speech, but also for therecognition of the scholarly debate on the Armenian question. Thisdecision should be used not only as an argument in exchange of ideas atevery level, but also as an additional legal basis for defamation casesagainst Armenian nationalists who attempt to portray their opponents asbeing no better than Holocaust-deniers}, number={29}, publisher={Terazi Yayıncılık}