issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 111 (2017)
30.03.2017
Judgments and decisions of 30 March 2017
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing six judgments1 and 56 decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below; a separate press release has been issued for one
other Chamber judgment in the case of Chowdury and Others v. Greece (application no. 21884/15);
four Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the Court, and
The judgment below is available only in English.
Maharramov v. Azerbaijan (application no. 5046/07)
The applicant, Ilgar Hilal oglu Maharramov, is an Azerbaijani national who was born in 1966 and lives
in Ganja (Azerbaijan). He owned a shop on Attarlar Street in Ganja. In 2004 local authority officials
asked Mr Maharramov to vacate his shop, so the street could be widened. He refused, and brought a
legal action to challenge the authorities’ activities. According to him, his shop was then destroyed
(the Government maintain that it was lifted away by crane to a different part of the city).
Mr Maharramov added a compensation claim to his legal challenge. However, the action was
dismissed by the courts, both at first instance and on appeal.
Mr Maharramov complained in particular that he had been unlawfully and unjustifiably deprived of
his property without any compensation, in breach of Article 1 of Protocol No.1 (protection of
property) to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
Just satisfaction: The Court held that the question of the application of Article 41 (just satisfaction)
of the Convention was not ready for decision and reserved it for examination at a later date.
This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,
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1
Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber
judgment’s delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a
panel of five judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and
deliver a final judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the
Convention, judgments delivered by a Committee are final.
Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.
Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution
2
Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.
