HAJIYEV v. AZERBAIJAN - 15996/12 (Judgment : Prohibition of torture : Fifth Section Committee)

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

��������� Lado Chanturia, President, ��������� Lətif H�seynov, ��������� Mattias Guyomar, judges, and Martina Keller, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 15996/12 ) 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 Bakhtiyar Ilyas oglu Hajiyev ( Bəxtiyar İlyas oğlu Hacıyev - �the applicant�), on 11 February 2012;

the decision to give notice to the Azerbaijani Government (�the Government�) of the complaints concerning Articles 3 and 34 of the Convention and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the application;

The application concerns the applicant�s alleged ill-treatment in police custody contrary to Article 3 of the Convention, lack of effective investigation of those allegations and hindrance in the exercise of his right of individual petition as guaranteed by Article 34 of the Convention.