Strategic litigation
Court cases
03.07.2009 - 17. FOICA vs. the Village Municipality of Lenughi
On February 3, 2009, the FOICA had referred to the community leader of Lenughi in the region of Armavir asking for the following information: 1. A copy of the 2008 community budget, 2. Copies of the decisions made by the community councilors about allotting land in the 2nd semester of 2008. The request was left unanswered. On the 1st of April, 2009 the FOICA applied to the RA Administrative Court with a claim to oblige the village municipality of Lenughi to...
03.07.2009 - 16. FOICA vs. the Village Municipality of Talvorik
On February 3, 2009, the FOICA had referred to the community leader of Talvorik in the region of Armavir asking for the following information: 1. A copy of the 2008 community budget, 2. Copies of the decisions made by the community councilors about allotting land in the 2nd semester of 2008. The request was left unanswered. On the 31st of March, 2009 the FOICA applied to the RA Administrative Court with a claim to oblige the village municipality of Talvorik to provide the...
19.06.2009 - 15. FOICA vs. Yerevan Urban Development & Investment Programs Department
On February 27, 2009, the FOICA sent an information request to the “Yerevan Urban Development and Investment Programs Department” SNCO asking to provide the following information: 1. How much money was allocated to the Yerevan Urban Development and Investment Programs Department SNCO for 2006-2008 years’ State Budget? 2. Which organizations did the SNCO sign contracts with in 2006, 2007 and 2008? 3. What was the volume of the profit of the SNCO...
18.06.2009 - 14. FOICA vs. Bjni Village Mayor and the Village Municipality
The FOICA had referred to the community leader of Bjni in the region of Armavir asking to provide the following information: 1. Copies of the 2008 community budget and its implementation report. 2. Copies of the decisions made by the community councilors about allotting land in the 2nd semester of 2008. The request was left unanswered. On the 19th of March, 2009 the FOICA applied to the RA Administrative Court with a claim to oblige the village municipality...
20.05.2009 - 13. FOICA’s Complaint against the RA Administrative Court
On April 9, 2008, the FOI Center filed a claim at the RA Administrative Court (seated in Etchmiadzin) against the Zartonk village mayor’s office, asking the court to require the mayor’s office to provide the requested information and impose administrative sanctions against the mayor Paruyr Sargsyan. The RA Administrative Court admitted the claim partially and refused to admit the part where the plaintiff asked to impose administrative sanctions against the mayor, saying...
04.05.2009 - FOI Center in the Court of Cassation
The FOI Center decided to turn to the Court of Cassation to finally resolve the issue of subjecting officials, who refuse to provide information, to administrative sanctions. In the last few months, the RA Administrative Court has examined four freedom of information cases brought by the FOI Center. In all four cases, the court refused to subject officials to administrative sanctions for refusing to provide information, as was requested by the FOI Center. On April 16, the FOI Center filed...
