Azerbaijani Authoritative Representative to the European Court, Chingiz Asgarov spoke with Trend News in an exclusive interview.

Trend News: What is the latest situation with the Azerbaijani complaints sent to the European Court?

Chingiz Asgarov: So far, the European Court has sent notifications or inquiries on 127 complaints to the Azerbaijan government. Final resolutions have been passed on 40 complaints. Violation of human rights has been specified on 16 complaints and 24 complaints wererejected.

Q: How many complaints are on the agenda of Azerbaijan’s correspondence with the European Court? Please, cover this matter in details.

A: At present, the government is holding correspondence with the European Court over about 40 complaints. Particularly, these complaints concern the violation of citizens’ electoral rights during the parliamentary elections in 2005, as well as refugees and IDPs whose houses were seized as a result of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan.

Q: What changes do the complaints sent by Azerbaijan to the European Court have compared to the previous ones? What do the plaintiffs complain most of all?

A: I can say that the complaints have no changes concerning their content and quality. The level of complaint writing is also too low. In this case, it seems that the people appealing to the European Court do not want to restore any violation of their rights, but make a profit at the expense of Azerbaijani state. The European Court reveals such facts and rejects our citizens’ demands. The majority of thecomplaints concern the violation of the right to fair trial, electoral right and rights to property of the European Convention on Human Rights and Basic Freedoms.

Q: Which shortages were revealed in the country’s legislation while analyzing complaints, and was the necessity mentioned to adjust it in accordance with the European standards?

A: The analysis of the complaints testifies that the Azerbaijani legislation fully meets the European values and requirements. However there are still problems in the application of the Law and this leads to citizens’ complaints.

Q: What is the situation with the execution of resolutions adopted against Azerbaijan?

A: All the necessary measures on the implementatrion of adopted resolutions are taken timely and the CE Committee of Ministers, which supervises the implementation of the decisions, is informed in a relevant order. A material compensation is paid within three months after the European Court’s decision comes to power and the Supreme Court, as well as relevant state agencies decide to examine and take necessary measures on restoring the violated human rights.

Q: How many Azerbaijani citizens’ complaints against Armenia have been put into execution by the European Court and when will they be examined? What work is done by the government in this regard?

A: The European Court is in correspondence on six complaints of Azerbaijani citizens against Armenia with both parties. These complaints describe the violation of these people’s human rights as a result of occupation of Lachin region by Armenia. The Azerbaijani government has voiced its position on these complaints to the European Court and submitted all the necessary documents to examine thecase. The Court will examine these complaints next year. In this case, the Azerbaijani government will be also represented at the juridical procedure and express its position to the European Court judges.