CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 28 août 2018

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .sA6BC7FA7 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:right } .s9793A85B { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s8229ABDD { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s68C46B95 { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center } .s3F59B822 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .s76CF415B { page-break-before:always; clear:both } .s75A32C27 { border-collapse:collapse } .s3695F815 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .s2EF62ED2 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt } .sEECE831 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#474747 } .sE8934522 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s6B505E72 { margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt } .s8F670191 { font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt; list-style-position:inside } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s529BF6EF { page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt; list-style-position:inside } .sEDC5336B { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:12pt } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt }   Communicated on 28 August 2018   FIFTH SECTION Application no. 74363/14 Elchin ABDULLAYEV against Azerbaijan and 7 other applications (see list appended) SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASES The applications concern the freezing of the applicants’ bank accounts by the domestic authorities within the framework of criminal proceedings concerning the alleged unlawful activities of a number of non-governmental organisations. QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES 1.     Has there been an interference with the applicants’ peaceful enjoyment of possessions, within the meaning of Article 1 of Protocol No.   1 to the Convention, on account of the freezing of their bank accounts? If so, was that interference lawful and necessary to control the use of property in accordance with the general interest? In particular, did that interference impose an excessive individual burden on the applicants (see Immobiliare   Saffi v. Italy [GC], no. 22774/93, § 59, ECHR 1999-V)?   2.     Did the applicants have a fair hearing in the determination of their civil rights and obligations, in accordance with Article   6 §   1 of the Convention? In particular, were the applicants able to be present at the hearing before the domestic courts which ordered the freezing of their bank accounts? If not, were those proceedings compatible with the requirements of Article 6 of the Convention?   3.     Has there been an interference with the applicants’ freedom of association, within the meaning of Article   11 §   1 of the Convention, on account of the freezing of their bank accounts? If so, was that interference prescribed by law and necessary in terms of Article   11 § 2?   4.     Were the restrictions imposed by the State in the present cases, purportedly pursuant to Article 11 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, applied for a purpose other than those envisaged by those provisions, contrary to Article 18 of the Convention? APPENDIX No. Application no. Lodged on Applicant Date of birth Place of residence Represented by   74363/14 19/11/2014 Elchin ABDULLAYEV 31/12/1974 Shirvan   Khalid BAGIROV   74448/14 19/11/2014 Intigam ALIYEV 30/11/1962 Absheron   Javad JAVADOV   74454/14 19/11/2014 LEGAL EDUCATION SOCIETY   Javad JAVADOV   74481/14 19/11/2014 AZERBAIJAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION   Khalid BAGIROV   74528/14 19/11/2014 Annagi HAJIBEYLI 03/09/1955 Baku   Khalid BAGIROV   74553/14 19/11/2014 DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS PUBLIC ASSOCIATION   Khalid BAGIROV   74622/14 19/11/2014 Rasul JAFAROV 17/08/1984 Baku   Khalid BAGIROV   77326/14 19/11/2014 Gulnara BAGIROVA 30/04/1976 Baku Khalid BAGIROV