On 22 March, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that Nagorno-Karabakh had violated the rights of Jehovah s Witnesses by refusing from 2009 to register their community in the entity. The ECtHR ordered Armenia – as exercising "effective control" there - to pay compensation. Jehovah s Witnesses and some Protestant communities are still denied registration. Armenia s Representative to the ECtHR has not stated what steps Armenia will take to end the violations.