BABAK HASANOV v. AZERBAIJAN - 43137/13 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (Fifth Section Committee))

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

��������� Faris Vehabović, President, ��������� Khanlar Hajiyev, ��������� Carlo Ranzoni, judges, and Milan Bla�ko, Deputy Section Registrar,

The case originated in two applications (nos. 43137/13 and 43153/13) 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 an Azerbaijani national, Mr Babak Gazanfar oglu Hasanov (�the applicant�), on 22 January and 15 May 2013 respectively.

The applicant, who had been granted legal aid, was 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 the complaints concerning Articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11, raised in both applications, and the complaint concerning Article 7, raised in application no. 43137/13 only, were communicated to the Government, and the remainder of application no. 43153/13 was declared inadmissible.