The civil court of the first instance of the city of Yerevan, RA satisfied Z., who was forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh. M.'s application and the fact of his birth registration was considered confirmed. This is reported by the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly. On September 27, 2023, as a result of Azerbaijani aggression, Z. M. was forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh, not being able to take with him a number of necessary documents, including his birth certificate. The absence of the document later prevented him from obtaining the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia and carrying out other legal processes. On September 23, 2025, Z. M. applied to the Civil Residence Registration Agency of the RA Ministry of Justice with a request to restore the birth certificate registration. However, on October 7, 2025, he was rejected on the basis of the absence of the necessary document confirming the fact of birth registration. Z. M. applied to the HCA Vanadzor office. HCAV, represented by Liana Mkhoyan, representative of the organization, took over the protection of its interests from May 2026 and submitted an application to the Civil Court of First Instance of Yerevan, RA on May 21, 2026. with the request for confirmation of a fact of personal importance, that is, the birth registration fact. During the court investigation, the decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia to reject the application to restore the birth registration was examined as evidence, as well as the testimony of the witnesses. The court assessed the presented evidence from the point of view of its relevance, admissibility, credibility and sufficiency in combination. The court recorded that Z. M. was not able to get the necessary document extrajudicially or to restore it, and confirmation of the fact of birth registration is necessary to obtain the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia. The court also took into account the fact that the absence of the document was due to the forced deportation from Nagorno Karabakh. Liana Mkhoyan, the applicant's representative, told the court that Z. M. and his family applied for citizenship of the Republic of Armenia and to use the housing provision program, and the lack of birth registration hinders these processes. The representative also asked to consider the judgment immediately legally effective from the moment of its publication. As a result, by the judgment of September 29, 2026, the Civil Court of First Instance of Yerevan, RA satisfied Z. M.'s application and consider the fact of his birth registration confirmed. The court declared the verdict legally effective from the moment of its publication, taking into account that the delay in its legal effect could cause serious consequences for Z. For M.
Armenia
The birth registration fact of one more forcibly displaced citizen from Nagorno-Karabakh was confirmed

Source: KARTSIQ