ANNAGI HAJIBEYLI v. AZERBAIJAN JUDGMENT
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In the case of Annagi Hajibeyli v. Azerbaijan,
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a
Chamber composed of:
András Sajó, President,
Elisabeth Steiner,
Khanlar Hajiyev,
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska,
Julia Laffranque,
Erik Møse,
Dmitry Dedov, judges,
and Søren Nielsen, Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 29 September 2015,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in an application (no. 2204/11) 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 Annagi Bahadur oglu
Hajibeyli (Ənnağı Bahadur oğlu Hacıbəyli – “the applicant”), on
24 December 2010.
2. The applicant was represented by Mr I. Aliyev, a lawyer practising in
Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”) were
represented by their Agent, Mr Ç. Asgarov.
3. The applicant alleged, in particular, that he had been arbitrarily
refused registration as a candidate in the 2010 parliamentary elections.
4. On 24 June 2013 the application was communicated to the
Government. The applicant and the Government each submitted written
observations on the admissibility and merits of the case. Observations were
also received from the International Commission of Jurists (the ICJ), to
whom the President had given leave to intervene as a third party in the
written procedure (Article 36 § 2 of the Convention and Rule 44 § 3 of the
Rules of Court).
THE FACTS
I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE
5. The applicant was born in 1955 and lives in Baku.