NAMAT ALIYEV v. AZERBAIJAN JUDGMENT
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In the case of Namat Aliyev v. Azerbaijan,
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a
Chamber composed of:
Christos Rozakis, President,
Nina Vajić,
Anatoly Kovler,
Elisabeth Steiner,
Khanlar Hajiyev,
Giorgio Malinverni,
George Nicolaou, judges,
and Søren Nielsen, Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 18 March 2010,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in an application (no. 18705/06) 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 Namat Faiz oglu Aliyev
(Namət Faiz oğlu Əliyev – “the applicant”), on 20 April 2006.
2. The applicant was represented by Mr I. Aliyev, a lawyer practising in
Baku. The Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”) were represented
by their Agent, Mr Ç. Asgarov.
3. The applicant alleged, in particular, that the election in his electoral
constituency had not been free and fair and that his right to stand for
election, as guaranteed by Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention,
had been infringed due to the relevant authorities' failure to effectively
address his complaints concerning election irregularities.
4. On 7 November 2008 the President of the First Section decided to
give notice of the application to the Government. It was also decided to
examine the merits of the application at the same time as its admissibility
(Article 29 § 3).
THE FACTS
I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE
5. The applicant was born in 1966 and lives in Baku.