NAMAZLI v. AZERBAIJAN - 8826/20 (Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life : First Section)

Art 8 • Private life • Correspondence • Inspection of a lawyer's documents by prison staff before and after meeting his client in prison in the absence of any suspicion of wrongdoing • Domestic provisions of a general nature with no distinction between inmates' lawyers and other visitors, in disregard of the special status of lawyers in the administration of justice • Lack of a clear and detailed framework or safeguards against possible abuse or arbitrariness • Interference not "in accordance with the law"

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

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

Marko Bošnjak , President , Alena Poláčková, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, Lətif Hüseynov, Ivana Jelić, Gilberto Felici, Erik Wennerström , judges , and Ilse Freiwirth, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 8826/20 ) 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 an Azerbaijani national, Mr Fariz Mubariz oglu Namazli ( Fariz Mübariz oğlu Namazlı - "the applicant"), on 30 January 2020;