FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 15440/14 Mehman AGAYEV against Azerbaijan

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 9 December 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Lado Chanturia, President, Lətif Hüseynov, Arnfinn Bårdsen, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 14 October 2013,

Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government and the applicant’s reply to that declaration,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table. He was represented by Mr F. Agayev, a lawyer based in Azerbaijan.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 6, 8 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”).

The Court received a declaration from the Government with a view to securing a friendly settlement with the applicant. They offered to pay ex ‑ gratia to the applicant the amounts set out in the amended table. These amounts would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment would constitute the final resolution of the case.

The applicant informed the Court that he agreed to the terms of the declaration.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 13 January 2022.

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Viktoriya Maradudina Lado Chanturia Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Articles 6, 8 and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention

(alleged unlawful expropriation of the applicant’s property and breach of his right of access to court)

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

15440/14

14/10/2013

Mehman AGAYEV

1977Fuad Agayev

Baku

10/09/2021

02/11/2021

10,000

1,000

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.