Published on 29 January 2024
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 38253/20
Elchin Niyaz oglu BAKHISHOV against Azerbaijan
and 4 other applications
(see list appended)
communicated on 9 January 2024
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the alleged failure by the domestic electoral commissions and courts to effectively examine the applicants’ complaints concerning various election irregularities which had allegedly taken place in the single-seat constituencies where they stood as candidates in the parliamentary elections of 9 February 2020. The applicants complain under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention and under Article 13 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Has there been a breach of the applicants’ right under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to participate in free elections which ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people in the choice of legislature? Did the process of examination by the domestic authorities of the applicants’ complaints offer sufficient safeguards against arbitrariness? Did such examination comply with the requirements of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention? Were there necessary safeguards, both in theory and in practice, put in place in order to ensure free expression of the opinion of the people voting in special polling stations for detainees and military personnel in those constituencies where such polling stations were established?
The parties are requested to provide detailed factual information, supported with relevant documents, concerning the election results in the electoral constituencies where the applicants stood as candidates.
2. Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective domestic remedy for their complaints under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Place of Residence
Nationality
Principal representative
1.
38253/20
Bakhishov v. Azerbaijan
15/08/2020
Elchin Niyaz oglu BAKHISHOV
1985
Baku
Azerbaijani
Khalid Zakir oglu BAGIROV
2.
40438/20
Karimli v. Azerbaijan
26/08/2020
Karim Sevindik oglu KARIMLI
1963
Baku
Azerbaijani
Khalid Zakir oglu BAGIROV
3.
40464/20
Karimli v. Azerbaijan
28/08/2020
Alirza Alijan oglu KARIMLI
1991
Baku
Azerbaijani
Khalid Zakir oglu BAGIROV
4.
42511/20
Shirinova v. Azerbaijan
06/09/2020
Aida Rajab gizi SHIRINOVA
1959
Baku
Azerbaijani
Khalid Zakir oglu BAGIROV
5.
42603/20
Ibrahimov v. Azerbaijan
28/08/2020
Eltun Faraj oglu IBRAHIMOV
1993
Baku
Azerbaijani
Khalid Zakir oglu BAGIROV