THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 59791/18
Fuzuli NAMAZOV and Others
against Azerbaijan
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 4 September 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh, President,
Mateja Đurović,
Vasilka Sancin, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 26 November 2018,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applicants were represented by Ms S. Aliyeva, a lawyer based in Azerbaijan.
The applicants’ complaints under Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention concerning the alleged breach of their right to a reasoned decision and respect for their home were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 14 May 2025, sent through the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on 22 April 2025 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The applicants’ representative downloaded the Court’s letter on the eComms platform on 14 May 2025. However, no response has followed.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 25 September 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Úna Ní Raifeartaigh
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
No.
Applicant’s Name
Year of birth
Nationality
Place of residence
1.
Fuzuli NAMAZOV
1981
Azerbaijani
Baku
2.
Zamin ABBASZADE
1979
Azerbaijani
Baku
3.
Aziz ALKHANOV
1954
Azerbaijani
Baku
4.
Shamil HAMZAYEV
1965
Azerbaijani
Baku
5.
Elmi HASANOV
1976
Azerbaijani
Baku
6.
Jumshud KARIMLI
1963
Azerbaijani
Baku
7.
Aydin MAMMADOV
1964
Azerbaijani
Baku
8.
Ruslan MEHTIKHANOV
1978
Azerbaijani
Baku
List of applicants: