Interim Resolution CM/ ResDH ( 2016) 144 Execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights Ilgar Mammadov against Azerbaijan

Application

Case

Judgment of

Final on

15172/13

ILGAR MAMMADOV

22/05/2014

13/10/2014

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 8 June 2016 at the 1259th meeting of the Ministers ’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 46 § 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provide that the Committee supervises the execution of final judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court” below);

Deeply deploring that, despite the Court ’ s findings on the fundamental flaws of the criminal proceedings engaged against him and notwithstanding the Committee ’ s repeated calls, the applicant still has not been released;

Recalling that it is intolerable that, in a State subject to the rule of law, a person should continue to be deprived of his liberty on the basis of proceedings engaged , in breach of the Convention, with a view to punishing him for having criticised the government;

Recalling that the obligation to abide by the judgments of the Court is unconditional;

INSISTS that the highest competent authorities of the respondent State take all necessary measures to ensure without further delay Ilgar Mammadov ’ s release;

DECLARES the Committee ’ s resolve to ensure, with all means available to the Organisation , Azerbaijan ’ s compliance with its obligations under this judgment;

DECIDES in view t hereof to examine the applicant ’ s situation at each regular and Human Rights meeting of the Committee until such time as he is released.