THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 9249/18
Ikram RAHIMOV
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 15 February 2018,

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 P. Hughes, a lawyer based in London, acting as the principal representative.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 3, 6 and 10 of the Convention concerning the alleged ill-treatment in police custody and the alleged unfairness of the criminal defamation proceedings against him were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”).

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 Articles 3, 6 and 10 of the Convention

(alleged ill-treatment in police custody and alleged unfairness of the criminal defamation proceedings)

Application no. Date of introduction	Applicant’s name Year of birth	Principal 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]
9249/18 15/02/2018	Ikram Rafig oglu RAHIMOV 1978	Padraig HUGHES London	22/11/2024	06/11/2024	8,000	500

Application no.
Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Principal 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]

9249/18

15/02/2018

Ikram Rafig oglu RAHIMOV

1978

Padraig HUGHES

London

22/11/2024

06/11/2024

8,000

500

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.