MUSAYEV AND OTHERS v. AZERBAIJAN

  THIRD SECTION DECISION Application no. 42799/22 Elkhan MUSAYEV against Azerbaijan and 4 other applications (see appended table) The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 20 November 2025 as a Committee composed of:  Diana Kovatcheva, President,  Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,  Vasilka Sancin, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table, Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases, Having deliberated, decides as follows: FACTS AND PROCEDURE The list of applicants and their representatives is set out in the appended table. The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the non‑enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions were communicated to the Azerbaijani Government (“the Government”). The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Azerbaijan in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above‑mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points. The Government also undertake to ensure the enforcement of the domestic decisions under consideration in the cases concerned within the same three-month period, and to pay any costs of the domestic enforcement proceedings. The payment and the enforcement of the domestic decisions in the cases concerned will constitute the final resolution of the cases. THE LAW Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision. The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications. In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention. Done in English and notified in writing on 11 December 2025.    Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva  Acting Deputy Registrar President   APPENDIX List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention (non-enforcement or delayed enforcement of domestic decisions) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location Date of receipt of Government’s declaration Date of receipt of applicant’s declaration Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage per applicant/household (in euros)[1] Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application (in euros)[2]    42799/22 19/08/2022 Elkhan Tofig oglu MUSAYEV 1962   Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE Sumgayit 24/09/2025 09/09/2025 3,600 250 (to be paid directly to the representative Mr Ruslan Mustafazade’s bank account)    42805/22 19/08/2022 Verdi Mahammad oglu CHOBANOV 1963   Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE Sumgayit 24/09/2025 09/09/2025 3,600 250 (to be paid directly to the representative Mr Ruslan Mustafazade’s bank account)    16578/23 08/04/2023 Household   Ilgar Museyib oglu ALLAHVERDIYEV 1970   Gultakin Arzuman gizi ALLAHVERDIYEVA 1978 Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE Sumgayit   Asabali MUSTAFAYEV Sumgayit 24/09/2025 09/09/2025 3,600 250 (to be paid directly to the representative Mr Asabali Mustafayev’s bank account)    24896/23 06/06/2023 Garanfil Amrulla gizi AGASIYEVA 1962   Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE Sumgayit     Asabali MUSTAFAYEV Sumgayit 24/09/2025 09/09/2025 3,600 250 (to be paid directly to the representative Mr Asabali Mustafayev’s bank account)    31512/23 02/08/2023 Ramiz Garaoglan oglu MUSAYEV 1968   Ruslan MUSTAFAZADE Sumgayit   Asabali MUSTAFAYEV Sumgayit 24/09/2025 09/09/2025 3,600 250 (to be paid directly to the representative Mr Asabali Mustafayev’s bank account)   [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants. [2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.