10.05.2025


On May 10, members of the European Association of Judges (EAJ) visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial, accompanied by the President of the Union of Judges of Armenia, Mr. Alexander Azaryan.

More than 70 delegates from over 40 countries were welcomed by the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI), Edita Gzoyan, who guided them to the Memorial and presented the history of its establishment. The Director also referred to the three khachkars (cross-stones) placed in memory of Armenians who fell victim to the massacres organized by the Azerbaijani government in the late 20th century in Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku, emphasizing the link between those atrocities and the Armenian Genocide.

The judges from various countries laid flowers at the Eternal Fire and observed a moment of silence in memory of the innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide. Edita Gzoyan also introduced the history of the memorial stones placed at the rear section of the Memorial Wall, where small urns filled with soil from the graves of foreign public, political figures, intellectuals, and missionaries who raised their voices in protest against the massacres and genocide of Armenians at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, are preserved in special niches.

The guests also toured the Armenian Genocide Museum, where they viewed the permanent and temporary exhibitions. At the end of the visit, members of the European Association of Judges planted a silver fir tree in the Memory Park in honor of the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.