THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 17246/17
Artur DARAYEV
against Azerbaijan
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 24 April 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 application lodged on 23 February 2017,
Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.
The applicant was represented by Mr Kh. Bagirov, a lawyer practising in Baku.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 14 of the Convention concerning the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings against the applicant and discrimination were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”). Complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Azerbaijan in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay him 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 case.
THE LAW
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 application.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.
Done in English and notified in writing on 15 May 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 and Article 14 of the Convention
(unfair criminal proceedings and discrimination)
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[2] awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros)[3] | |
17246/17 23/02/2017 | Artur Abubakarovich DARAYEV 1986
| Bagirov Khalid Zakir oglu Baku | 24/04/2024 | 01/05/2024 | 4,000 | 750 |
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.
[2] To be paid directly into the bank account of the applicant’s representative.
[3] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.