CASE OF RASUL JAFAROV v. AZERBAIJAN
European Court of Human Rightsviolation2016-03-17
Respondent: Azerbaijan
Article 5 ECHR, Article 18 ECHR, Article 34 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR
Summary
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention;Article 5-1-c - Reasonable suspicion);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Review of lawfulness of detention);Violation of Article 18+5-1-c - Limitation on use of restrictions on rights (Article 18 - Restrictions for unauthorised purposes) (Article 5 - Right to liberty and security;Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention;Article 5-1-c - Reasonable suspicion);Violation of Article 34 - Individual applications (Article 34 - Hinder the exercise of the right of application);Pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)
External references
- European Court of Human Rights reference: 001-161416
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