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issued by the Registrar of the Court ECHR 075 (2026) 24.03.2026 Judgments of 24 March 2026 The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing three judgments1: one Chamber judgment is summarised below; two Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, can be consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release. The judgment below is only available in English. Mammadova and Mammadov v. Azerbaijan (application no. 31618/18) The applicants, Yelena Gennadyevna Mammadova and Zaur Elchin oglu Mammadov, are Azerbaijani nationals who were born in 1966 and 1995 respectively and live in Baku. They are mother and son. The applicants co-owned an apartment situated in the Sabail district of Baku. The case concerns the unlawful demolition of their apartment, which was allegedly in a state of urgent disrepair, in order to make room for a multi-storey residential building. Relying on Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property) to the European Convention on Human Rights, and on Articles 6 (right to a fair trial), 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and 13 (right to an effective remedy) of the Convention, the applicants complain that the national courts' judgments in their case had not been duly reasoned, that their right to respect for their home had been violated and that they had not been given a legal avenue providing effective protection against the violation of their rights. Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 Just satisfaction: to the applicants jointly pecuniary damage: 126,000 euros (EUR) non-pecuniary damage: EUR 3,000 costs and expenses: EUR 2,800 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. Follow the Court on Bluesky @echr.coe.int, X ECHR_CEDH, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Contact ECHRPress to subscribe to the press-release mailing list. Where can the Court's press releases be found? HUDOC - Press collection Press contacts [email protected] | tel.: +33 3 90 21 42 08 1 Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber 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 We are happy to receive journalists' enquiries via either email or telephone. 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) Jane Swift (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 29 04) Claire Windsor (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 24 01) 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