THIRD SECTION DECISION Application no. 32543/18 Rahim GAZIYEV against Azerbaijan and 12 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 27 February 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 6 of the Convention concerning the unfair trial in administrative offence proceedings were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”). The applicants’ other complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under Article 6 of the Convention, given the relevant well-established case-law of the Court. 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 20 March 2025. Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir Acting Deputy Registrar President APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 of the Convention (unfair trial in administrative offence proceedings) 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 per applicant (in euros) [1] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros) [2] 32543/18 29/06/2018 Rahim Hasan oglu GAZIYEV 1943 Zibeyda SADIGOVA Baku 15/01/2025 29/12/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Ms Zibeyda Sadigova’s bank account) 37867/18 19/07/2018 Avaz Tapdig oglu ZEYNALOV 1970 Elchin SADIGOV Baku 15/01/2025 22/10/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Mr Elchin Sadigov’s bank account) 27636/19 18/04/2019 Nemat Ahad oglu PANAHLI 1962 Zibeyda SADIGOVA Baku 15/01/2025 29/12/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Ms Zibeyda Sadigova’s bank account) 30895/19 17/05/2019 Mirtagi Mirhuseyn oglu ASADOV 1985 Elchin SADIGOV Baku 15/01/2025 22/10/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Mr Elchin Sadigov’s bank account) 65251/19 12/12/2019 Natig Isgandar oglu ISBATOV 1986 Zibeyda SADIGOVA Baku 15/01/2025 29/12/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Ms Zibeyda Sadigova’s bank account) 53928/20 19/11/2020 Mammad Aziz oglu IBRAHIM 1966 Elchin SADIGOV Baku 15/01/2025 22/10/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Mr Elchin Sadigov’s bank account) 54222/20 19/11/2020 Avaz Aligulu oglu AHMADOV 1979 Zibeyda SADIGOVA Baku 15/01/2025 29/12/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Ms Zibeyda Sadigova’s bank account) 26523/21 18/05/2021 Ramil Ali oglu HUSEYNOV 1979 Elchin SADIGOV Baku 15/01/2025 22/10/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Mr Elchin Sadigov’s bank account) 13283/22 08/02/2022 Nijat Jahid oglu ISMAYILOV 1994 Zibeyda SADIGOVA Baku 15/01/2025 29/12/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Ms Zibeyda Sadigova’s bank account) 13310/22 08/02/2022 Nijat Bakhtiyar oglu AZAYEV 2001 Zibeyda SADIGOVA Baku 15/01/2025 29/12/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Ms Zibeyda Sadigova’s bank account) 13598/22 08/02/2022 Elkhan Ashraf oglu MIRZAYEV 1977 Zibeyda SADIGOVA Baku 15/01/2025 29/12/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Ms Zibeyda Sadigova’s bank account) 21584/22 08/04/2022 Anar Alikhan oglu ABDULLAYEV 1989 Zibeyda SADIGOVA Baku 15/01/2025 29/12/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Ms Zibeyda Sadigova’s bank account) 24154/22 26/04/2022 Elkhan Rustam oglu ALIYEV 1982 Zibeyda SADIGOVA Baku 15/01/2025 29/12/2024 900 350 (to be paid directly to the representative Ms Zibeyda Sadigova’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.