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FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 57037/16
Matlab BALAKISHIYEV and Sevinj SURKHAYEVA
against Azerbaijan
and 15 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 9 December 2021 as a Committee composed of:
Lado Chanturia, President,
Lətif Hüseynov,
Arnfinn Bårdsen, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 11 of the Convention concerning the alleged breach of the right to freedom of association, namely the right to form an association, were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”). Complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under Article 6 of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Azerbaijan in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of the payment and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
With respect to application no. 36868/18 the Government also undertook to register the association established by the applicants, within the above‑mentioned three-month period.
The payment of the amounts detailed in the appended table and the registration of the association established by the applicants (application no. 36868/18) will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 13 January 2022.
Viktoriya Maradudina Lado Chanturia
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 11 of the Convention
(alleged breach of the right to freedom of association)
No. | Application no. | Applicant’s name Year of birth | Representative’s name and location | Other complaints under well-established case-law | Date of receipt of Government’s declaration | Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration | Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per application (in euros)[1] |
57037/16 21/09/2016 | Matlab Hasan oglu BALAKISHIYEV 1969 Sevinj Zakir gizi SURKHAYEVA 1975 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
14303/17 09/02/2017 | Zohra Rafig gizi HASAN 1995 Sevinj Ismi gizi ISGANDAROVA 1968 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
18149/17 25/02/2017 | Javid Beyverdi oglu ALISHOV 1980 Arzu Atdikhan gizi HAJIYEVA 1973 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
26105/17 24/03/2017 | Rashad Vahid oglu SEYDALIYEV 1982 Saida Ibrahim gizi RZAZADA 1992 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
27188/17 01/04/2017 | Aynura Shamil gizi ABDULLAYEVA 1984 Sabina Karam gizi SAFARLI 1990 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
27204/17 01/04/2017 | Dilgam Gafar oglu TAMRAZOV 1984 Shalala Ali gizi SHAKHMAROVA 1989 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
37684/17 10/05/2017 | Shabnam Ali gizi OSMANLI 1985 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
64582/17 26/08/2017 | Emin Ali oglu BASHIRLI 1979 Rovshan Faraj oglu BASHIROV 1981 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
64587/17 16/08/2017 | Taryel Abbas oglu BAYRAMOV 1984 Meykhanim Nusrat gizi BAYRAMOVA 1992 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
70295/17 25/08/2017 | Shahbala Zakir oglu DAMIROV 1988 Vusala Eldar gizi DAMIROVA 1985 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
71863/17 23/09/2017 | Elshan Samid oglu ALLAHVERDIYEV 1981 Gulnara Abbasgulu gizi ALLAHVERDIYEVA 1986 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 12/02/2021 | 31/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
80047/17 15/11/2017 | Ervin Logman oglu ABDULLAYEV 1976 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 03/02/2021 | 14/01/2021 | 4,750 | |
4300/18 12/01/2018 | Samad Gurban oglu AGAYEV 1988 Elnara Tofig gizi AGAYEVA 1979 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 30/04/2021 | 07/03/2021 | 4,750 | |
16103/18 24/03/2018 | Vafa Karam gizi ALIZADE 1974 Zaman Khanoglan oglu BUNYATOV 1969 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 30/04/2021 | 07/03/2021 | 4,750 | |
36868/18 23/07/2018 | Alovsat Sayad oglu TALISHKHANLI 1955 Gubad Ibad oglu IBADOGLU 1971 Huseyn Bahadur oglu MALIKOV 1962 Ellada Sabir gizi MAMMADLI 1958 Malahat Jafar gizi MURSHUDLU 1948 Rafig Anvar oglu ABDULLALI 1958 Vurgun Alish oglu AYYUB 1957 | Tural Annagi oglu Hajibeyli Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision and of the principle of adversarial proceedings | 19/10/2021 | 25/10/2021 | 5,000 | |
37819/19 08/07/2019 | Azer Hatam oglu ALIYEV 1975 Malik Hatam oglu ALIYEV 1969 | Yashar Vagif oglu Agazade Baku | Article 6 § 1 of the Convention – alleged breach of the right to a reasoned decision | 30/04/2021 | 07/03/2021 | 4,750 |
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.