{"id":1070,"date":"2014-11-13T10:27:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T10:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=case-studies&#038;p=1070"},"modified":"2023-10-31T20:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:15:28","slug":"islam-ittihad-association-and-others-v-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/key-ehrac-cases\/islam-ittihad-association-and-others-v-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam-Ittihad Association and Others v Azerbaijan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adadd0f09a3c\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<p><strong>Case No. 5548\/05<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Judgment Date: 13 November 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Islam-Ittihad Association was an Azerbaijani\u00a0NGO active between 1991 and 2003\u00a0and was involved in, inter alia, the repair and\u00a0maintenance of several mosques, projects\u00a0aimed at promoting respect for human rights\u00a0and building a civil society, humanitarian work,\u00a0and programmes focused on promoting tolerance\u00a0between different religions in Azerbaijan.\u00a0In 2002 the Ministry of Justice issued three\u00a0warnings to the Association, stating that pursuant\u00a0to domestic law, NGOs must refrain from\u00a0engaging in \u201creligious activities\u201d. The Association\u00a0maintained that Azerbaijani legislation\u00a0did not provide any definition of \u201creligious\u00a0activities\u201d, and that the Ministry had failed to\u00a0specify which of its activities were deemed to\u00a0be \u2018religious\u2019. In 2003, following an application\u00a0lodged by the Ministry of Justice, a domestic\u00a0court ordered the Association\u2019s dissolution (a\u00a0decision which was upheld by both the Court\u00a0of Appeal and the Supreme Court).\u00a0The applicants were represented by Professor\u00a0Bill Bowring, with the assistance of EHRAC.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full case summary, please use the links below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_module_content_base related_links\">\n<h3 class=\"related_module_content_title multicol\">Links<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_module_content\">\n<li class=\"related_module_content_block first \"><a class=\"related_module_content_element first \" href=\"http:\/\/ehrac.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EHRAC-Summer-Bulletin-2015-WEB.pdf#page=13\">Full case summary in Summer 2015 Bulletin<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"related_module_content_block last \"><a class=\"related_module_content_element last \" href=\"http:\/\/hudoc.echr.coe.int\/sites\/eng\/pages\/search.aspx?i=001-147866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islam-Ittihad Association v Azerbaijan &#8211; Official Judgment (HUDOC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related_module_content_base related_links\">\n<h3 class=\"related_module_content_title multicol\">Translation(s)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_module_content\">\n<li class=\"related_module_content_block first last \"><a class=\"related_module_content_element first last \" href=\"http:\/\/ru.ehrac.org.uk\/ynHko\">\u0410\u0441\u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u00ab\u0418\u0441\u043b\u0430\u043c-\u0418\u0442\u0442\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0434\u00bb \u0438 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u0410\u0437\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0436\u0430\u043d\u0430 (\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6adadd0f09d98\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section \"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"left\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'>  <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Tweet this'> <i class='fa fa-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Tweet<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Case No. 5548\/05 Judgment Date: 13 November 2014 The Islam-Ittihad Association was an Azerbaijani\u00a0NGO active between 1991 and 2003\u00a0and was involved in, inter alia, the repair and\u00a0maintenance of several mosques,...","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":763,"parent":0,"menu_order":113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"country":[34],"theme":[74],"category":[],"class_list":["post-1070","case-studies","type-case-studies","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","country-azerbaijan","theme-repression-of-civil-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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