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Committee of Ministers Secretariat Du Comite Des Ministres SECRETARIAT GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS SECRETARIAT DU COMITE DES MINISTRES Contact: Abel Campos Tel: 03 88 41 26 48 Date: 18 September/septembre 2012 DH-DD(2012)837 Documents distributed at the request of a Representative shall be under the sole responsibility of the said Representative, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. Meeting: 1150 DH meeting (24-26 September 2012) Item reference: Communication from the authorities (18/09/12) Communication from Azerbaijan concerning the cases of Mahmudov and Agazade and Fatullayev against Azerbaijan (Application No. 35877/04). Information made available under Rule 8.2.a of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements. * * * * * * * * * * * Les documents distribués à la demande d’un/e Représentant/e le sont sous la seule responsabilité dudit/de ladite Représentant/e, sans préjuger de la position juridique ou politique du Comité des Ministres. Réunion : 1150 réunion DH (24-26 septembre 2012) Référence du point : Communication des autorités Communication de l’Azerbaïdjan relative à l’affaire Mahmudov et Agazade et Fatullayev contre Azerbaïdjan (requête n° 35877/04) (anglais uniquement). Informations mises à disposition en vertu de la Règle 8.2.a des Règles du Comité des Ministres pour la surveillance de l’exécution des arrêts et des termes des règlements amiables. Additional Information concerning the implementation of additional measures Application no. 35877/04 Mahmudov and Agazade v. Azerbaijan Application no. 40984/07 Fatullayev v. Azerbaijan In its judgments the European Court of Human Rights stated that “the imposition of a prison sentence for a press offence will be compatible with journalists’ freedom of expression as guaranteed by Article 10 of the Convention only in exceptional circumstances, notably where other fundamental rights have been seriously impaired, as, for example, in cases of hate speech or incitement to violence.” The Government have previously submitted the statistical information on application by the domestic courts of Articles of the Criminal Code defining libel and insult. According to the latest information, domestic courts have continued their strict approach to the application of Articles 147 and 148 of the Criminal Code and in 2011-2012 there was no conviction for these offences. Examples of judgments and their English translation are attached to this information. In this regard, the National Programme for Action approved by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 27 December 2011, provided for the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to launch the legislative work to decriminalise defamation. With this in mind, on 18 September 2012, the Head of the Presidential Administration in his letter to the President of the Venice Commission requested the assistance to the Azerbaijani authorities in drafting the Law on Defamation. In its judgment in Fatullayev case the Court also have found the violation of the applicant’s presumption of innocence, National Programme for Action also provides for trainings and workshops to be held to ensure the defendants’ presumption of innocence. To this end, among the measures undertaken, on 23-27 June 2012 a Summer School for judges, defence lawyers and prosecutors from various regions of Azerbaijan was held in Baku by the Office of the Government Agent and the Azerbaijani Lawyers Confederation together with ABA CEELI, GIZ and the OSCE Baku Office. This Summer School has been devoted to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, in particular its application of Articles 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Convention. The Court’s judgments, inter alia, in the Mahmudov and Agazade and Fatullayev cases have been presented and discussed in detail within the lectures concerning Article 6 § 2 and Article 10 of the Convention. The Government will keep the Committee of Ministers informed of further general measures adopted. 2 Case No. 1 (103)-683/2011 JUDGMENT on behalf of the Republic of Azerbaijan 23 September 2011 Baku City Collegium on Criminal Cases of the Baku Court of Appeal sitting as a Chamber composed of: Aflatun Gasimov, President and judge-reporter Mirzali Abbasov, Amir Bayramov, judges, Altay Safaraliyev, Secretary, With participation of Azer Taghiyev, legal representative of the private prosecutor – Ibrahim Mehdiyev and Yagub Murad-zade, a person against whom a complaint in private prosecution order was lodged, as well as Alibala Rzayev, his lawyer, Having deliberated in public at the building of the Baku Court of Appeal the appeals of Ibrahim Mehdiyev, private prosecutor, Yagub Murad-zade, a person against whom a complaint in private prosecution order was lodged, as well as Alibala Rzayev, his lawyer, lodged with respect to the judgment of the Yasamal District Court of 15 December 2010 which found Yagub Murdzade (born on 13 June 1995 in Mijevan village of Zangilan District of Azerbaijan, citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan, redactor of “Yeni Gazet +” newspaper on public policy, resided in Baku City, Yasamal District, 558 settlement, 23 A.Alakbarov street, appt. 42) guilty in committing the crimes stipulated in Articles 147.1 and 148 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the court DETERMENED: The Yasamal District Court by its judgment of 15 December 2010 found Yagub Muradzade guilty in committing the crimes stipulated in Articles 147.1 and 148 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and subsequently fined him respectively on AZN 500 and AZN 1000. According to Article 66.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan the final punishment as a fine in the amount of AZN 1000 was appointed by absorption of less strict punishment to more strict punishment. Taking into account the fact that Yagub Murad-zade executed the judgment after its coming into legal force he was found not guilty with respect to Article 147.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and, subsequently, was acquitted in accordance with Article 42.1.2 of the Code of Criminal Procedures of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 3 As it is shown in the judgment of the first-instance court of 15 December 2010 on 23 November 2009 Mr. Yagub Murad-zade sent complaints to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ramiz Mehdiyev, Head of the Department on Legislation and Legal Expertise of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Shahin Aliyev, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ali Asadov. On 4 December 2009 he sent a complaint to the Yasamal District Executive Authority. On 9 March 2010 he sent complaints to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ramiz Mehtiyev, Head of the Department on State Surveillance of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Eldar Nuriyev, Commission on Combating Corruption of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Member of the Committee of Human Rights of the Parliament of the Republik of Azerbaijan Mrs. Havva Mammadova, Minister of National Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Eldar Mahmudov, Deputy Minister of National Security, Mr. Habil Asadov, Deputy Minister of National Security, Mr. Ali Shafiyev, Deputy Minister of National Security, Mr. Ali Naghiyev, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Zakir Garalov, First Deputy of the Prosecutor General, Mr. Rustam Usubov, Deputy of the Prosecutor General, Mr. Namig Askarov, Head of the Department on Combating Corruption under the General Prosecutor’s Office, Mr. Kamran Aliyev, and Head of the Department on the Work with complaints of the General Prosecutor’s Office, Mr. Behbud Ismayilov. On 26 April 2010 he sent complaints to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ramiz Mehtiyev, and Head of the Department on the Coordination of the Regional and Local self-government Authorities of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Zeynal Naghdaliyev. In his above-mentioned complaints he disseminated designedly false information about Mr. Ibrahim Mehdiyev, alleging that the latter is a corrupter, robber and thief. Accordingly, having disseminated the mentioned information he libeled Mr. Ibrahim Mehdiyev and damaged his honor and dignity. Afterwards, in the mentioned complaints he insulted Mr. Ibrahim Mehdiyev and debased his honor and dignity by using insulting words. In his appeal against the judgment of the Yasamal District Court of 15 December 2010 lodged with the Baku Court of Appeal the private prosecutor, Mr. Ibrahim Mehdiyev, asked the court to quash the judgment of the Yasamal District Court of 15 December 2010 and adopt a new judgment finding Mr. Yagub Murad-zade guilty in committing the crimes stipulated in Articles 147.1, 147.2 and 148 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and sentencing him to 3 year and 6 month imprisonment. In substantiation of his appeal he submitted that as it was shown in the case-files lodged in private prosecution order the guilt of Mr. Yagub Murad-zade had been proven by the evidences examined in the course of the court hearings as well as by the opinion on the linguistic forensic examination issued on 20 August 2010. However, the accused person, Mr. Yagub Murad-zade, failed to plead guilty to 4 the charges during the court proceedings. While imposing the penalty the first-instance court failed to take into consideration the circumstances stipulated in article 58.3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Having used mocking and insulting words in his complaints to the authorities Mr.
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