FARIZ AHMADOV v. AZERBAIJAN - 40321/07 (Judgment : Remainder inadmissible : Fifth Section)

Art 6 � 1 (criminal) and Art 6 � 3 (c) • Fair hearing • Handwritten waiver of the right to legal assistance, in the absence of lawyer and in breach of domestic procedural requirement, not incompatible in the circumstances • Knowing and voluntary waiver, with conviction based on a whole body of consistent evidence

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 (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� S�ofra O�Leary, President, ��������� Mārtiņ� Mits, ��������� Ganna Yudkivska, ��������� St�phanie Mourou-Vikstr�m, ��������� Latif H�seynov, ��������� Lado Chanturia, ��������� Mattias Guyomar, judges, and Victor Soloveytchik, Section Registrar,

the application 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 Alam oglu Ahmadov ( Fariz Aləm oğlu Əhmədov ‑ �the applicant�), on 21 August 2007;