THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Applications nos. 17461/24 and 19045/24
Sagif GURBANOV and Nuraddin MAMMADLI against Azerbaijan
and Dilara MIRIYEVA and Others against Azerbaijan
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 21 May 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Diana Kovatcheva, President,
Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,
Vasilka Sancin, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications 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 the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 11 of the Convention concerning prohibitions on holding peaceful assemblies were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”). The applicants’ other complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under Article 13 of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Azerbaijan in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
THE LAWHaving regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 11 June 2026.
Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Articles 11 and 13 of the Convention
(prohibition on holding peaceful assemblies or restrictions on the location, time or manner of conduct of public events and lack
of an effective domestic remedy)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of applicants’ declaration
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage
per application
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
17461/24
01/06/2024
Sagif Asgar oglu
GURBANOV
1974
Nuraddin Musa oglu
MAMMADLI
1946
Asabali
MUSTAFAYEV
Sumgayit
Ruslan
MUSTAFAZADE
Sumgayit
20/02/2026
02/03/2026
1,800
250
19045/24
25/06/2024
(3 applicants)
Dilara Gazanfar gizi
MIRIYEVA
1959
Arif Farrukh oglu
AZIZZADE
1954
Arifa Oruj gizi
HUSEYNLI
1955
Javad
JAVADOV
Baku
20/02/2026
07/01/2026
1,800
250
(to be paid directly to the representative
Mr Javad Javadov’s bank account)
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.