BABAYEV AND HASANOV v. AZERBAIJAN - 60262/11 (Judgment : Violation of Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly) Violation of Arti...)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

��������� Andr� Potocki, President, ��������� Mārtiņ� Mits, ��������� Lәtif H�seynov, judges, and Anne-Marie Dougin, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

The case originated in three applications (nos. 60262/11 , 69437/11 and 53662/13) against the Republic of Azerbaijan lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by two Azerbaijani nationals, Mr Dayanat Sakhavat oglu Babayev (�the first applicant�) and Mr Ulvi Fakhraddin oglu Hasanov (�the second applicant�), on 10 September 2011, 17 October 2011 and 18 February 2013 respectively.

The applicants, who had been granted legal aid, were represented by Mr R. Mustafazade and Mr A. Mustafayev, lawyers practising in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Government (�the Government�) were represented by their Agent, Mr �. Asgarov.

On 3 July 2014 (applications nos. 69437/11 and 53662/13) and 21 April 2015 (application no. 60262/11 ) the complaints concerning Articles 5, 6 and 11 of the Convention, raised in all three applications, and Articles 10 and 7 of the Convention, raised only in applications nos. 69437/11 and 53662/13 , were communicated to the Government. On the same dates the remainder of applications nos. 60262/11 and 69437/11 were declared inadmissible pursuant to Rule 54 � 3 of the Rules of Court.