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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 060 (2023)   23.02.2023   Judgments and decisions of 23 February 2023   The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of six judgments1 and   four decisions2:   one Chamber judgment is summarised below;   a separate press release has been issued for a decision in the case of Freire Lopes v. Portugal   (application no. 58598/21);   five Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, and   the three other decisions can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.   The judgment summarised below is available only in English.   Rustamzade v. Azerbaijan (no. 2) (application no. 22323/16)   The applicant, Ilkin Bakir oglu Rustamzade, is an Azerbaijani national who was born in 1992 and lives   in Baku. He is one of the founders of Free Youth, a non-governmental organisation established in   2011.   The application concerns his criminal charge initially for hooliganism following his arrest in May 2013   when he was a student at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics and a civil society activist, for   having allegedly participated in a video-recording of the “Harlem Shake” dance, popular in   Azerbaijan at the time, and for uploading the video to YouTube. He was subsequently convicted of   hooliganism and additional criminal offences including preparation of a crime, mass disorder, and   being involved in a group that illegally acquired and carried arms and supplied explosive substances   and devices. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.   Relying on Articles 6 (right to a fair hearing), 7 (no punishment without law), 10 (right to freedom of   expression) and 18 (limitation on use of restrictions on rights) of the European Convention on   Human Rights, the applicant alleges that he did not commit any criminal offence and that his   conviction amounted to a breach of his rights.   Violation of Article 6 § 1   Violation of Article 10   Just satisfaction:   non-pecuniary damage: EUR 12,000 euros (EUR)   costs and expenses: EUR 2,500   This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,   judgments and further information about the Court can be found on www.echr.coe.int. To receive   Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a judgment’s   delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a panel of five   judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and deliver a final   judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the Convention,   judgments delivered by a Committee are final.   Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.   Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution.   Inadmissibility and strike-out decisions are final.   the Court’s press releases, please subscribe here: www.echr.coe.int/RSS/en or follow us on Twitter   @ECHR_CEDH.   Press contacts   [email protected] | tel.: +33 3 90 21 42 08   We would encourage journalists to send their enquiries via email.   Tracey Turner-Tretz (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 35 30)   Denis Lambert (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 41 09)   Inci Ertekin (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 55 30)   Neil Connolly (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 48 05)   Jane Swift (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 29 04)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe member   States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.   2