CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 27 janvier 2026

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } Published on 16 February 2026   THIRD SECTION Application no. 12722/21 Zamin SALAYEV against Azerbaijan lodged on 8 February 2021 communicated on 27 January 2026 SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE The application concerns the applicant’s alleged ill-treatment by police and lack of effective investigation into that allegation. The applicant was arrested on 13 January 2020 under Article 535 of the Code of Administrative Offences (failure to comply with lawful order of the police). On the same day by a decision of the Sabail District Court he was found guilty of that offence and sentenced to a month of administrative detention. According to the applicant, he was ill-treated by police officers during his detention. It appears that on 23 January 2020 the applicant lodged a criminal complaint with the relevant prosecutor’s office (“the investigating authorities”) about the alleged ill-treatment. On 3 September 2020 the applicant was informed that the complaint had been sent to the police for investigation. The investigating authorities ignored his subsequent requests about the outcome of the investigation. The applicant complained before the domestic courts about the inaction of the investigating authorities, but his complaint was declared inadmissible. The applicant complains under Article 3 of the Convention that he was subjected to ill-treatment during his detention and that the domestic authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation in that regard.   QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES 1.     Has the applicant been subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention (see Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 119, ECHR 2000-IV, and Mustafa Hajili v. Azerbaijan, no.   42119/12, §§ 34-37, 24 November 2016)? 2.     Having regard to the procedural protection from torture, inhuman or degrading treatment (see Labita , cited above, § 131, and Mustafa Hajili , cited above, §§ 47-48), was the investigation in the present case in breach of Article   3 of the Convention?