CASE OF WORD OF LIFE CHURCH OF CHRISTIANS OF EVANGELICAL FAITH IN ARMENIA AND SIMONYAN v. ARMENIA - [Armenian translation] by the Ministry of Justice of Armenia

CASE OF WORD OF LIFE CHURCH OF CHRISTIANS OF EVANGELICAL FAITH IN ARMENIA AND SIMONYAN v. ARMENIA - [Armenian translation] by the Ministry of Justice of Armenia Application No: 30817/13

Articles: 35, 35-3-a, 6, 6-1, 41

Respondent state: ARM

Date: 2026-04-02

Conclusion:

Remainder inadmissible (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings; Article 6-1 - Access to court); Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage; Just satisfaction)

Subject classification: Běleš and Others v. the Czech Republic, no. 47273/99, § 49, ECHR 2002-IX; Eweida and Others v. the United Kingdom, nos. 48420/10 and 3 others, § 81, ECHR 2013 (extracts); Golder v. the United Kingdom, 21 February 1975, §§ 28-36, Series A no. 18; Grzęda v. Poland [GC], no. 43572/18, §§ 342 and 343, 15 March 2022; Karaahmed v. Bulgaria, no. 30587/13, §§ 91-95, 24 February 2015; Nicolae Virgiliu Tănase v. Romania [GC], no. 41720/13, § 195, 25 June 2019; Nikos Koutras ATTEE v. Greece, no. 39442/98, § 20, ECHR 2000-XII; Rabczewska v. Poland, no. 8257/13, §§ 49 and 51, 15 September 2022; Savez crkava “Riječ života” and Others v. Croatia, no. 7798/08, 9 December 2010; Tagiyev and Huseynov v. Azerbaijan, no. 13274/08, § 44, 5 December 2019; Zubac v. Croatia [GC], no. 40160/12, 5 April 2018