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.