Communicated on 5 July 2018

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 82478/17 Sardar GASIMOV against Azerbaijan lodged on 27 November 2017

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the freezing of bank accounts of the applicant, who was an advocate, by the domestic authorities within the framework of the criminal proceedings concerning the alleged unlawful activities of a number of non-governmental organisations.

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

1. Has there been an interference with the applicant ’ s peaceful enjoyment of possessions, within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1, on account of the freezing of his bank accounts? If so, was that interference lawful and necessary to control the use of property in accordance with the general interest? In particular, did that interference impose an excessive individual burden on the applicant (see Immobiliare Saffi v. Italy [GC], no. 22774/93, § 59, ECHR 1999-V)?

2. Did the applicant have at his disposal an effective domestic remedy for his complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?