YEREVAN. - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) once again ruled against the Government of Armenia, and therefore the Government will have to pay 18,500 Euros as compensation to former residents of capital Yerevan’s 17 Buzand Street, who had become victims of eminent domain.   

These residents, namely Hovhannes and Astghik Hovhannisyan and their daughter, Liana Shiroyan, were forcibly evicted from their homes, on December 30, 2005, because of eminent domain, their attorney Vahe Grigoryan informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

In his words, the ECHR recognized the violation of their property rights and ruled in favor of compensation, on Tuesday. So, the Armenian government has to pay the aforesaid amount within three months of the ruling.

“I am informed of around twenty such cases which are still being examined. Three of them were approved, in terms of property rights, and two have received compensation. The last one was18,500 Euros, and the previous one, I believe, was around 14,000 Euros,” Vahe Grigoryan also noted.   

According to Grigoryan, all three cases which ECHR approved referred to the state’s expropriation of private property to construct Yerevan’s Northern and Main Avenues.

To note, the Court had ruled that Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights was violated.