CASE OF WORD OF LIFE CHURCH OF CHRISTIANS OF EVANGELICAL FAITH IN ARMENIA AND SIMONYAN v. ARMENIA

CASE OF WORD OF LIFE CHURCH OF CHRISTIANS OF EVANGELICAL FAITH IN ARMENIA AND SIMONYAN v. 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