Judges found the proceedings against her were marred by “arbitrariness,” noting that key judicial decisions lacked sufficient reasoning and appeared to ignore basic safeguards required under the European Convention on Human Rights. “The court’s language is unusually direct,” said a Strasbourg-based human rights lawyer familiar with the case. The government in Baku has not yet issued a detailed public response to the latest ECHR ruling. Rights advocates argue that Azerbaijan has often complied with the financial aspects of judgments while failing to address systemic problems. Strasbourg’s judges have now echoed that sentiment in one of the strongest terms available under European human rights law.