Published on 30 March 2026
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 7838/25
Habib BAGIRLI
against Azerbaijan
lodged on 28 February 2025
communicated on 13 March 2026
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The case concerns the travel ban imposed by the domestic courts on the applicant for an unpaid debt to a bank, as a result of which he was prevented from leaving Azerbaijan, as well as the fairness of those proceedings. The final decision confirming the imposition of the travel ban on the applicant was delivered on 20 November 2024 by the Baku Court of Appeal.
The applicant complains under Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention and Article 6 § 1 of the Convention that the travel ban imposed by the domestic courts was unlawful and that the proceedings were not fair.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Was any restriction placed on the applicant’s freedom to leave the territory of the respondent State, as guaranteed by Article 2 § 2 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention? If so, was that restriction in accordance with the law and necessary in terms of Article 2 § 3 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention (see Democracy and Human Rights Resource Centre and Mustafayev v. Azerbaijan, nos. 74288/14 and 64568/16, §§ 91-96 14 October 2021)?
2. Did the applicant have a fair hearing in the determination of his civil rights and obligations, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, did the domestic courts provide reasons for their decisions (see Zayidov v. Azerbaijan (no. 2), no. 5386/10, § 91, 24 March 2022)?