The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights declared the applications of an Armenian national against Azerbaijan and several families of ethnic Kurds against Armenia admissible.

The 1st case concerns an Armenian refugee Minas Sargsyan’s complaint that he was forced to flee from his home in 1992 during Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Sargsyan died in 2009 in Yerevan. His widow and three children are pursuing the application on his behalf.

Mr Sargsyan states that he and his family, ethnic Armenians, lived in a two-floor house with auxiliary premises in the village of Gulistan of the Shahumyan region, NKAO. When the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict escalated into full-scale war in 1992, Gulistan was bombed by Azerbaijani forces and the entire population of the village, including the applicant and his family, fled, fearing for their lives.

In the 2nd case, the families of ethnic Kurds, residing in Lachin region, state having been forced to leave their homes during Armenian army attack.

The Court will deliver its final judgment at a later date, BBC Russian reported.