On 11 April, the European Courtroom of Human Rights introduced a call on the complaints of 24 representatives of the LGBT neighborhood.
The criticism was associated to the mass detentions and administrative arrests of LGBT representatives in Azerbaijan in September 2017. They complained that they had been harassed and ill-treated in detention centres due to their orientation and compelled medical examinations.
The federal government recognised the violations of the candidates’ rights and expressed readiness to pay them euro 125,000 compensation and an extra euro 3,000 for authorized prices.
Notice that the ECHR excluded 5 candidates from the listing – one resulting from loss of life; others for unknown causes, and determined to finalise the examination given the federal government’s readiness to pay compensation.
Nevertheless, lawyer Samed Rahimli, who represented the pursuits of the candidates, instructed Turan that his shoppers didn’t agree with the proposed “amicable settlement” and sought a judgement on the deserves.
The absence of the choice on the deserves additionally doesn’t permit to provoke the adoption of an anti-discrimination regulation in Azerbaijan.
No names of the candidates have been disclosed. A few of them, fearing additional persecution, have left Azerbaijan.
On 11 April, the ECHR additionally introduced a call on various different instances from Azerbaijan, in keeping with the authorized data web site https://aihmaz.org/.
For instance, journalist Fikret Ibishbeyli complained about euro 500 advantageous for disseminating details about the state of affairs within the Karabakh battle zone in 2022. The federal government recognised the violation of his rights and agreed to pay him compensation of euro 2,250.
The case of “Yadigar Sadigli and Others v. Azerbaijan” consolidated the complaints of 15 opposition and civil society activists in regards to the violation of their rights through the parliamentary elections on 9 February 2020.
The authorities recognised the violation of the candidates’ rights and agreed to pay compensation of euro 4,500 every.
An identical criticism was lodged by one other 9 candidates, whose case was consolidated within the case “Sakit Mammadov and Others v. Azerbaijan”. On this case, the federal government additionally supplied a “settlement” and undertook to pay the candidates euro 4,750 every for ethical damages.
Gunel Safarova’s criticism was associated to the violation of her rights through the elections, however it was excluded from the listing of pending instances as a result of she didn’t proceed to speak with the Strasbourg Courtroom.
One other 10 complainants shall be paid euro 750 every for his or her complaints of violation of the liberty of meeting.
