THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 1323/23
Hasangulu RZAYEV against Azerbaijan
and 6 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 23 January 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, President,
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh,
Mateja Đurović, 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 2 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention and Article 13 of the Convention concerning the imposition of a travel ban on them by the domestic authorities and the lack of any effective remedy in this regard were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“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 Government also undertook to lift the travel ban imposed on the applicants.
The payment and lifting of the travel ban will constitute the final resolution of the case.
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 February 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention and Article 13 of the Convention
(imposition of a travel ban and lack of an effective domestic remedy in this regard)
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 applicant’s declaration
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage (in euros)[1]
Amount awarded for costs and expenses
(in euros)[2]
1323/23
21/12/2022
Hasangulu Sabir oglu RZAYEV
1989
Javad Javadov
Baku
17/09/2024
13/10/2024
3,000
500
(to be paid
directly to the
bank account of
the applicant’s
representative)
1328/23
21/12/2022
Samir Nariman oglu MUSTAFAYEV
1988
Javad Javadov
Baku
17/09/2024
13/10/2024
3,000
500
(to be paid
directly to the
bank account of
the applicant’s
representative)
3273/23
23/12/2022
Khayal Ramiz oglu GAHRAMANLI
1999
Zibeyda Sadigova (Zakaryayeva)
Baku
30/10/2024
7/10/2024
3,000
500
(to be paid
directly to the
bank account of
the applicant’s
representative)
15356/23
15/03/2023
Abgul Neymat oglu SULEYMANOV
1976
Javad Javadov
Baku
17/09/2024
13/10/2024
3,000
500
(to be paid
directly to the
bank account of
the applicant’s
representative)
18848/23
05/04/2023
Tamkin Kamal oglu JAFAROV
1978
Javad Javadov
Baku
17/09/2024
13/10/2024
3,000
500
(to be paid
directly to the
bank account of
the applicant’s
representative)
31521/23
25/07/2023
Tarana Isyaman gizi ABDULLAYEVA
1964
Javad Javadov
Baku
17/09/2024
13/10/2024
3,000
500
(to be paid
directly to the
bank account of
the applicant’s
representative)
31530/23
25/07/2023
Rais Tofig oglu SHIRIYEV
1968
Javad Javadov
Baku
17/09/2024
13/10/2024
3,000
500
(to be paid
directly to the
bank account of
the applicant’s
representative)
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.
[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.