Communicated on 28 August 2018
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 74363/14
Elchin ABDULLAYEV against Azerbaijan
and 7 other applications
(see list appended)
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASES
The applications concern the freezing of the applicants’ bank accounts by the domestic authorities within the framework of criminal proceedings concerning the alleged unlawful activities of a number of non-governmental organisations.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
1. Has there been an interference with the applicants’ peaceful enjoyment of possessions, within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, on account of the freezing of their bank accounts? If so, was that interference lawful and necessary to control the use of property in accordance with the general interest? In particular, did that interference impose an excessive individual burden on the applicants (see Immobiliare Saffi v. Italy [GC], no. 22774/93, § 59, ECHR 1999-V)?
2. Did the applicants have a fair hearing in the determination of their civil rights and obligations, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, were the applicants able to be present at the hearing before the domestic courts which ordered the freezing of their bank accounts? If not, were those proceedings compatible with the requirements of Article 6 of the Convention?
3. Has there been an interference with the applicants’ freedom of association, within the meaning of Article 11 § 1 of the Convention, on account of the freezing of their bank accounts? If so, was that interference prescribed by law and necessary in terms of Article 11 § 2?
4. Were the restrictions imposed by the State in the present cases, purportedly pursuant to Article 11 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, applied for a purpose other than those envisaged by those provisions, contrary to Article 18 of the Convention?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
74363/14
19/11/2014
Elchin ABDULLAYEV
31/12/1974
Shirvan
Khalid BAGIROV
74448/14
19/11/2014
Intigam ALIYEV
30/11/1962
Absheron
Javad JAVADOV
74454/14
19/11/2014
LEGAL EDUCATION SOCIETY
Javad JAVADOV
74481/14
19/11/2014
AZERBAIJAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
Khalid BAGIROV
74528/14
19/11/2014
Annagi HAJIBEYLI
03/09/1955
Baku
Khalid BAGIROV
74553/14
19/11/2014
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS PUBLIC ASSOCIATION
Khalid BAGIROV
74622/14
19/11/2014
Rasul JAFAROV
17/08/1984
Baku
Khalid BAGIROV
77326/14
19/11/2014
Gulnara BAGIROVA
30/04/1976
Baku
Khalid BAGIROV
Full & Egal Universal Law Academy