CASE OF CHIRAGOV AND OTHERS v. ARMENIA
Hearing: Chiragov and Others v. Armenia (no. 13216/05)  (Grand Chamber hearing, 2014-01-22 00:00:00)
Application no.: 13216/05
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2015-06-16 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2015:0616JUD001321605
Respondent state: ARM
Articles of the Convention: 1;8;8-1;8-2;13;34;35;35-1;35-3;41;P1-1;P1-1-1
Judges: Alvina Gyulumyan;Christos Rozakis;Corneliu Bîrsan;Dean Spielmann;Egbert Myjer;Egidijus Kūris;Elisabet Fura;Françoise Tulkens;Ganna Yudkivska;George Nicolaou;Giorgio Malinverni;Guido Raimondi;Ineta Ziemele;Jean-Paul Costa;Josep Casadevall;Khanlar Hajiyev;Luis López Guerra;Mark Villiger;Nicolas Bratza;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Peer Lorenzen;Robert Spano;Sverre Erik Jebens;Ksenija Turković
Represented by: MULLER M. ; VINE C. ; BUTLER M. ; IVERS M. ; POYNOR B. ; SWAROOP S. ; YILDIZ K.
Issue: Articles 2.1 and 2.2 of the 1985 Instructions on Rules of Registration of Housing Facilities of the Azerbaijan SSR ; 1978 Constitution of the Azerbaijan SSR ; Articles 4, 25, 27 and 28 of the 1970 Land Code of the Azerbaijan SSR ; Article 10.3 of the 1983 Housing Code of the Azerbaijan SSR ; Article 32, section 1(8) of the 1992 Land Code of the Azerbaijan SSR
Strasbourg case-law cited: Akdivar and Others v. Turkey, 16 September 1996, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996 IV;Al-Skeini and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 55721/07, ECHR 2011;Catan and Others v. Moldova and Russia, [GC], nos. 43370/04, 8252/05 and 18454/06, ECHR 2012 (extracts);Cyprus v. Turkey [GC], no 25781/94, § 76, ECHR 2001-IV;Damayev v. Russia, no 36150/04, §§ 108-111, 29 May 2012;Demopoulos and Others v. Turkey (dec.) [GC], nos. 46113/99, 3843/02, 13751/02, 13466/03, 10200/04, 14163/04, 19993/04 and 21819/04, § 69, ECHR 2010;Doğan and Others v. Turkey, nos. 8803-8811/02, 8813/02 and 8815-8819/02, ECHR 2004 VI (extracts);El-Masri v. the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, [GC], no 39630/09, § 163, ECHR 2012;Elsanova v. Russia (dec.), no 57952/00, 15 November 2005;Ilaşcu and Others v. Moldova and Russia, [GC], no 48787/99, ECHR 2004-VII;Kerimova and Others v. Russia, nos. 17170/04, 20792/04, 22448/04, 23360/04, 5681/05 and 5684/05, 3 May 2011;Loizidou v. Turkey, (merits), 18 December 1996, Reports 1996 VI;Lordos and Others v. Turkey, no 15973/90, § 50, 2 November 2010;Niazi Kazali and Hakan Kazali v. Cyprus (dec.), no 49247/08, § 132, 6 March 2012;Öneryıldız v. Turkey, no 48939/99, § 124, ECHR 2004-XII;Orphanides v. Turkey, no 36705/97, § 39, 20 January 2009;Prokopovich v. Russia, no 58255/00, §  37, ECHR 2004-XI;Saveriades v. Turkey, no 16160/90, 22 September 2009;Solomonides v. Turkey, no 16161/90, § 31, 20 January 2009;Xenides-Arestis v. Turkey, no 46347/99, § 36, 22 December 2005
External sources: Resolutions No. 822 of 30 April (S/RES/822 (1993)), No. 853 of 29 July (S/RES/853 (1993)), No. 874 of 14 October (S/RES/874 (1993)), No. 884 of 12 November (S/RES/884 (1993)) of the United Nations (UN) Security Council;Human Rights Watch (HRW) report (“Seven Years of Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh”, December 1994);Agreement on Military Co-operation between the Governments of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh;Resolution on “The Situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan” (A/RES/62/243) of the UN General Assembly adopted on 14 March 2008;European Parliament resolution of 18 April 2012 containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service on the negotiations of the EU-Armenia Association Agreement (2011/2315(INI));Resolution 1416 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, adopted on 25 January 2005;Report “Nagorno-Karabakh: Viewing the Conflict from the Ground” of the International Crisis Group (ICG) of 14 September 2005;Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua, judgment Nicaragua v. United States of America, Merits, Judgment, International Court of Justice, Reports 1986, p. 14, § 64;Resolution 1708 (2010) on “Solving property issues of refugees and displaced persons” of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;Article 3 of the UN “Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons” (Commission on Human Rights, Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 28 June 2005, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/17, Annex, (“Pinheiro Principles”)
Conclusion: Preliminary objections dismissed (Article 35-1 - Exhaustion of domestic remedies;Article 35-3 - Ratione loci);Preliminary objections dismissed (Article 34 - Victim);Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Positive obligations;Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions;Possessions);Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for family life;Respect for home;Respect for private life);Violation of Article 13 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy);Just satisfaction reserved (Article 41 - Just satisfaction)
Separate opinion: TRUE