On June 16, 2015, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) held in Chiragov and Others v. Armenia that the rights of Azerbaijani refugees had been violated by their inability to return to property in an area under Armenia’s control.  According to the press release, the case concerned Azerbaijani refugees who were unable to return to their property in Lachin, Azerbaijan after they were displaced by the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh in 1992 due to Armenian occupation of the territory.  In their decision, the Court “confirmed that Armenia exercised effective control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding territories and thus had jurisdiction over the district of Lachin” and that “there was no justification for denying the applicants access to their property without providing them with compensation.”  The Court found “a continuing violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European Convention on Human Rights; a continuing violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the Convention; and a continuing violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy).”