KERIMOVA v. AZERBAIJAN JUDGMENT
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In the case of Kerimova v. Azerbaijan,
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a
Chamber composed of:
Christos Rozakis, President,
Nina Vajić,
Khanlar Hajiyev,
Dean Spielmann,
Sverre Erik Jebens,
Giorgio Malinverni,
George Nicolaou, judges,
and Søren Nielsen, Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 9 September 2010,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case originated in an application (no. 20799/06) 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, Ms Flora Alakbar qizi
Kerimova (Flora Ələkbər qızı Kərimova – “the applicant”), on 23 May
2006.
2. The applicant was represented by Mr F. Ağayev, 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 invalidation of the
parliamentary elections in her constituency had infringed her electoral rights
under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.
4. On 3 September 2008 the President of the First Section decided to
give notice of the application to the Government.
THE FACTS
I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE
5. The applicant was born in 1941 and lives in Baku.
6. She stood for the elections to the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of
6 November 2005 as a candidate of the opposition bloc Azadliq. She was
registered as a candidate by the Constituency Electoral Commission (“the