Communicated on 27 August 2018
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 74254/14
ECONOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE against Azerbaijan
and 5 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, 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. 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?
3. 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
74254/14
19/11/2014
ECONOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE
Khalid BAGIROV
74299/14
19/11/2014
Gubad IBADOGLU
12/09/1971
Baku
Khalid BAGIROV
74309/14
19/11/2014
Mirvari GAHRAMANLI
23/07/1946
Baku
Khalid BAGIROV
74573/14
19/11/2014
PUBLIC ASSOCIATION FOR ASSISTANCE TO FREE ECONOMY
Khalid BAGIROV
74589/14
19/11/2014
Zohrab ISMAYILOV
28/04/1971
Baku
Khalid BAGIROV
74598/14
19/11/2014
OIL WORKERS RIGHTS PROTECTION ORGANISATION
Khalid BAGIROV
Full & Egal Universal Law Academy