THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 8797/18
AZEKO AZERBAIJANI AMERICAN JOINT ENTERPRISE
against Azerbaijan
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 4 June 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh, President,
Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,
Vasilka Sancin, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application against the Republic of Azerbaijan lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 5 February 2018,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant company, AZEKO Azerbaijani American Joint Enterprise, was registered in 1992. It was represented by Mr Y. Agazade, a lawyer based in Azerbaijan.
The applicant company’s complaints under Article 6 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the domestic courts’ failure to provide adequate reasoning for their judgments and the allegedly unlawful demolition of its non-residential building were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.
By letter dated 26 March 2026, sent through the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the applicant company was notified that the period allowed for submission of its observations had expired on 18 March 2026 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant company’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The applicant company’s representative received that letter on the same day. However, no response followed.
THE LAWIn the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 25 June 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Úna Ní Raifeartaigh
Acting Deputy Registrar President