YUNUSOVA AND YUNUSOV v. AZERBAIJAN - 67180/11 (Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property : First Section Committee)

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

Krzysztof Wojtyczek , President , Lətif Hüseynov, Erik Wennerström , judges , and Liv Tigerstedt, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 67180/11 ) 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") on 18 October 2011 by two Azerbaijani nationals, Ms Leyla Islam qizi Yunusova and Mr Arif Seyfulla oglu Yunusov ( Leyla Islam qızı Yunusova and Arif Seyfulla oğlu Yunusov - "the applicants"), who both were born in 1955, and who were represented by Mr F. Agayev, a lawyer based in Azerbaijan;

the decision to give notice to the Azerbaijani Government ("the Government"), represented by their Agent, Mr Ç. Əsgərov, of the complaints under Article 6 § 1, Articles 8 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention and to declare the remainder of the application inadmissible;

The case mainly concerns the applicants' complaints about the allegedly unlawful expropriation of their properties by the State authorities.