FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 48643/13
Dashgin MALIKOV against Azerbaijan
and 2 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 22 September 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President,
Ivana Jelić,
Kateřina Šimáčková, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged 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 PROCEDURE
The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 5 §§ 1 and 3 of the Convention concerning their alleged detention in the absence of a judicial order for a certain period of time and the alleged lack of justification for their pre-trial detention were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”). In application no. 5190/15, the applicant’s complaint under Article 6 § 2 of the Convention concerning the alleged infringement of his right to the presumption of innocence was also communicated to the Government.
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 LAW
Having 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 13 October 2022.
Viktoriya Maradudina Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 5 §§ 1 and 3 of the Convention
(detention in the absence of a judicial order for a certain period of time and lack of justification for pre-trial detention)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Other complaints under
well-established
case- law
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage
per applicant
(in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application
(in euros)[2]
48643/13
10/07/2013
Dashgin
Alsafa oglu MALIKOV
1991
Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE
Sumgayit
Asabali
MUSTAFAYEV
Sumgayit
05/08/2022
29/07/2022
3,000
1,250
(to be paid directly to the representative Mr Ruslan Mustafazade’s bank account)
66534/14
26/09/2014
Tural
Zahid oglu SAFAROV
1995
Khalid
BAGIROV
Baku
28/06/2022
03/08/2022
3,500
750
(to be paid directly to the representative Mr Khalid Bagirov’s bank account)
5190/15
14/01/2015
Mansur
Kamil oglu HEYDARZADA
1977
Khalid
BAGIROV
Baku
Art. 6 (2) - infringement of the right to the presumption of innocence
28/06/2022
28/07/2022
4,000
750
(to be paid directly to the representative Mr Khalid Bagirov’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.