Published on 27 February 2023
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 49574/20
Rauf Aydin oglu GULIYEV against Azerbaijan
and 3 other applications
(see list appended)
communicated on 6 February 2023
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the travel bans imposed by the domestic authorities on the applicants who were prevented from leaving Azerbaijan. The applicant in the application no. 49574/20 also complains under Article 8 of the Convention of the alleged unlawful seizure of his mobile phone by an investigator.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
To all applicants:
1. Was any restriction placed on the applicants’ 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?
To all applicants, except the applicant in application no. 49574/20
2. Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective domestic remedy for their complaints under Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?
To the applicant in application no. 49574/20
3. Was there an interference with the applicant’s right to respect for private and family life, or correspondence, within the meaning of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention? If so, was that interference in accordance with the law and necessary in terms of Article 8 § 2? In particular, was there a legal basis for the seizure of the applicant’s phone by the investigator?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Place of Residence
Represented by
1.
49574/20
Guliyev v. Azerbaijan
22/10/2020
Rauf
Aydin oglu GULIYEV
1988, Mingachevir
Javad
JAVADOV
2.
20409/22
Novruzzade
v. Azerbaijan
18/04/2022
Ruhullah
Masim oglu NOVRUZZADE
1991, Baku
Javad
JAVADOV
3.
38774/22
Aliyev v. Azerbaijan
05/08/2022
Imran
Bagir oglu ALIYEV
1989, Baku
Javad
JAVADOV
4.
42111/22
Jahangir v. Azerbaijan
16/08/2022
Saadat
Gabil gizi JAHANGIR
1968, Baku
Tural
AGAYEV