POLITICS
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEWING CASE OF AZERBAIJANI IDPs FROM NAGORNO KARABAKH
Baku, September 16 (AZERTAC). The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights is reviewing the case of Azerbaijani IDPs from Nagorno Karabakh on “Chiragov and others v. Armenia”.
The applicants Elkhan Chiragov, Adishirin Chiragov, Ramiz Jabrayilov, Akif Hasanov, Fakhraddin Pashayev and Garaja Jabrayilov are six Azerbaijani nationals. Jabrayilov is now deceased and his son has continued the application on his father`s behalf. All but Hasanov now live in Baku.
The applicants complain in particular about the loss of their properties in Lachin. They also complain that there is no prospect for them in the foreseeable future to be able to use, sell, bequeath, mortgage or develop their property as the Armenian Government continues to refuse to allow them to return to Lachin. Nor have the Armenian authorities made any attempt to compensate them for their losses or to provide a remedy to persons displaced from the occupied territories.
They rely on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) and Articles 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights.