issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 172 (2019)
09.05.2019
Judgments and decisions of 9 May 2019
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing six judgments1 and 55 decisions2:
one Chamber judgment is summarised below;
five Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been submitted to the Court, and
The judgment below is available only in English.
Just Satisfaction
Maharramov v. Azerbaijan (application no. 5046/07)
The case concerned the question of just satisfaction with regard to Mr Maharramov’s complaint that
he had been unlawfully and unjustifiably deprived of his property without any compensation.
Mr Maharramov owned a shop, which the local authority destroyed so that the street could be
widened, although he had refused to vacate it.
In its principal judgment of 30 March 2017 the Court held that there had been a violation of Article 1
of Protocol No.1 (protection of property) to the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Court also decided that the question of just satisfaction was not ready for decision and reserved
it for examination at a later date.
Just satisfaction: In its judgment today, the Court held that Azerbaijan was to pay Mr Maharramov
50,000 euros (EUR) in respect of pecuniary damage, EUR 3,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage,
and EUR 1,900 in respect of costs and expenses.
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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.
