Published on 23 September 2024
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 29096/21
Firudin Etibar oglu ZEYNALOV
against Azerbaijan
lodged on 21 April 2021
communicated on 5 September 2024
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the criminal proceedings against the applicant who was convicted under Articles 221.3 (hooliganism) and 315 (resistance to or violence against public officials) of the Criminal Code and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
Relying on Article 6 of the Convention, the applicant alleges that the criminal proceedings against him were unfair since his right to a reasoned decision was violated and the domestic courts did not respect the principles of equality of arms and adversarial proceedings.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
Did the applicant have a fair hearing in the determination of the criminal charges against him in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention? In particular:
(a) Was the applicant’s right to a reasoned judgment respected?
(b) Were the principles of equality of arms and adversarial proceedings respected?
The Government are requested to submit copies of all the documents in the case file relating to the domestic proceedings.