Originally from Enforcement of Money Judgments

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I.  PRESENT ATTITUDE TOWARD ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN MONEY JUDGMENTS

A. Describe the receptiveness of your government (including courts) toward enforcement of foreign money judgments.

Azerbaijan is a party to a number of bilateral and regional international agreements (e.g. with Turkey, UAE, CIS countries) providing for the mutual enforcement of foreign court judgments, including foreign money judgments. Foreign money judgments issued in the states that are parties to the said international agreements are recognized and enforced in Azerbaijan.  Unfortunately, there is no publicly available information as to how many foreign money judgments were enforced and how many foreign judgments were denied enforcement in Azerbaijan.

B. Briefly describe recent illustrative attempts, whether successful or unsuccessful, to enforce a foreign money judgment in your country, particularly with regard to enforcement of any judgments from United States courts.

On 30 May 2016, Dubai Appellate Court issued a money judgment against an Azerbaijani citizen and a company for the payment of the principal debt, delay interest and court fees to the Claimant. The foreign judgment creditor applied to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan with a request to recognize and enforce the foreign money judgment in Azerbaijan.  On 8 November 2016, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan granted enforcement to the foreign money judgment in Azerbaijan.

However, one of the foreign judgment debtors appealed from the decision of the Supreme Court to the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan.  On 20 July 2017, the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan revoked the decision of the Supreme Court on procedural grounds and instructed the Supreme Court to re-consider the case. There is no information on public domain whether the Supreme Court has already considered the case.