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MINISTERS’ DEPUTIES |
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CM/Del/Dec(2024)1514/H46-3 |
5 December 2024 |
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1514th meeting, 3-5 December 2024 (DH)
H46-3 Chiragov and Others v. Armenia (Application No. 13216/05) Supervision of the execution of the European Court’s judgments
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Decisions
The Deputies
1. recalled that this case concerns the property rights of six Azerbaijani nationals forced to flee from their homes during the active military phase of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (1992-94);
2. recalled further that in its judgment on just satisfaction of 12 December 2017 in this case the Court held that Armenia was to pay the applicants or their next-of-kin within three months certain sums in respect of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as the costs and expenses;
3. recalling their decisions adopted at their examination of this case at the 1507th meeting
(September 2024) (DH), welcomed again the Armenian authorities’ written confirmation that they accept the terms and conditions and are ready to sign the draft Memorandum of Understanding;
4. strongly underlined again the unconditional obligation under Article 46 § 1 of the Convention on respondent states to fully and effectively execute all judgments against them, including their unconditional obligation to pay the sums of just satisfaction awarded by the Court;
5. in the event therefore, that the consultations on the draft Memorandums of Understanding do not rapidly produce concrete results, encouraged again the Armenian authorities to proceed with the payment of the sums owing under the Chiragov (just satisfaction) judgment directly to the applicants or their next-of-kin;
6. decided to resume consideration of the present case at their 1531st meeting (June 2025) (DH) at the latest.