Right to Compensation for Damages and Prescription Periods:International Standards and Armenian Law

Abstract

This article presents issues concerning the commencement of prescription periods relating specifically to obligatory relations arising out of causing damage, either pecuniary or nonpecuniary. The discussion begins with some general concepts and then focuses on international standards, as well as an analysis of relevant Armenian legislation in that context. The goal of this article is to discuss the issues concerning regulations specifically dealing with prescription periods in matters of obligatory relations emerging out of the implication of damage, aiming to find solutions that will, on one hand, meet the necessities lying behind the introduction of prescription periods and, on the other hand, assure the effective implementation of the right to trial, as prescription periods are one of the main instruments by which the state is authorized to limit this right.