The European Court of Human Rights will hold hearing on “Sargsyan v. Azerbaijan” and “Chiragov and Others v. Armenia” cases next week.

In a public hearing on June 16 the European Court of Human Rights will be delivering Grand Chamber judgments on the cases.

In 2006, Minas Sargsyan—a former resident of Gyulistan village of Shahumyan Region in Northern Karabakh—filed a lawsuit against the demolition of his house and their forcible expulsion from their place of residence. Even though Minas Sargsyan has passed away since, his widow and children continue to follow the judicial process. It was in 2010 that the ECtHR started examining the Armenian Sargsyan family’s lawsuit filed against Azerbaijan.

It is noteworthy that, on the same day, the ECtHR also started examining a group of Azerbaijanis’ lawsuit (Chiragov and others vs. Armenia) that was filed against Armenia.  

These cases are considered a prototype for similar lawsuits.