CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 5 juin 2012

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s523616E0 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; font-size:14pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s662121A1 { margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s3B3A5DE9 { margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:36pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s9296A950 { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s2D57E2E { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline; text-transform:uppercase } .s87F05BA2 { margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } THIRD SECTION Application no. 46435/09 Petros MAKEYAN and others against Armenia lodged on 26 August 2009   QUESTION TO THE PARTIES   Did the use by the Shirak Regional Court of the pre-trial witness statements of witnesses K.H., L.M., S.V., L.Mel., N.H., H.K. and L.S. as incriminatory evidence against the applicants violate the applicants’ right to a fair trial, as guaranteed by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention, given that the above witnesses retracted their pre-trial witness statements when questioned before the same trial court?