The implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan was discussed

, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will hold a quarterly human rights meeting on the implementation of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on December 5-7 in Strasbourg.

Court decisions on the agenda of the Committee of Ministers of Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Kingdom, Armenia, Georgia, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia , North Macedonia, includes the decisions related to Turkey, Ukraine and Greece. Arrests are politically motivated, in which the committee of ministers asked the government of Azerbaijan to cancel the convictions of the applicants of this group as individual actions, remove these convictions from their criminal records, and remove all the consequences of other charges.

As ​​a general measure, the government of Azerbaijan is called upon to carry out fundamental reforms in the judicial system in order to completely eliminate the abuse of criminal laws.

Mamdali group files related to political harassment and arrest of social political activists, journalists and human rights defenders in the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2016-2013. The reason for their activities and critical positions is against Ilham Aliyev’s government. This group includes the activities of Anar Mamdali, Intigam Aliyev, Khadija Esmailova, Giyas Ibrahimov and Bayram Mamedov, Aref and Leila Younes.

The Ministers Committee in This week will also examine the status of execution of the court’s verdicts regarding the groups “Moradvam”, “Mammadov (Jalaloglu)” and “Mikail Mamedov”. Under these groups, the implementation of more than 20 decisions of the European Court of Human Rights is monitored. The court’s decisions indicated the death of the applicants’ relatives, torture and ill-treatment of the applicants by law enforcement agencies, lack of effective proceedings, violation of the right to access to medical care and other violations.

In its resolution in 2021, the Committee of Ministers asked the government of Azerbaijan for information about the payment of compensation to the applicants and also asked the government of this country to take the necessary measures to increase the effectiveness of investigations and prevent unpleasant cases.

Also, the Committee of Ministers is supposed to discuss the status of the implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the cases of “Mushfiq Mammadov and others against Azerbaijan” and “Makuchian and Minasyan against Azerbaijan” in relation to Discuss the case of religious members of Jehovah’s Witnesses. A community that was prosecuted for refusing military service.

The European Court of Human Rights in its decision on the case “Mushfiq Mammadov and others v. Azerbaijan found that the freedom of religion guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights was violated. The court’s decision also noted that although Azerbaijan has committed to alternative military service when it was a member of the Council of Europe, there is a gap in its national laws.

In the action plan presented to the committee of ministers regarding the implementation of this case, the government of Azerbaijan notes that the compensation specified in the decision has been paid to each of the applicants, and also for the preparation of the law on alternative military service, consultation with the authorities The relevant government has started.

Another case that will be discussed in the committee of ministers this week is related to the amnesty and “heroic reception” of Ramil. Safarov was convicted of murder in Hungary after being extradited to Azerbaijan.

In 2004, Safarov killed an Armenian officer named Gorgen. He killed Markarian while he was training NATO in Hungary, and in 2006, a Budapest court charged him with first-degree murder. The court also concluded that this crime was committed because of the Armenian nationality of the victim. On the same day, he was pardoned by the presidential decree.

The European Court found that the Republic of Azerbaijan accused Safarov of committing a crime against an Armenian. Al-Asal has gone unpunished and violated its commitment to prevent crimes against human life. The petitioner demands the cancellation of the order of the President of Azerbaijan to pardon Safarov or otherwise demands the action of the courts of Azerbaijan to review the order of the President of this country.

Azerbaijan side He announced that he recognizes the violation and pays compensation. The government considers fair compensation, including acknowledgment of wrongdoing, to be sufficient to restore justice.

According to Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the implementation of the decisions of the European Court Human rights are mandatory for member states. The Ministerial Committee oversees the implementation of decisions based on information provided by national authorities, applicants, non-governmental organizations and other interested parties.

Currently more than There are 300 judgments of the court related to the Republic of Azerbaijan that are being considered by the Committee of Ministers of the European Court.

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