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Activities of rapporteurs on country for more than five years lead to subjective approach: PACE vice president

The activities of rapporteurs on country for more than five years lead to a subjective approach, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE, vice president of the organization Samad Seyidov ...

Representative of the Council of Europe in Azerbaijan: The process of reviewing complaints will be accelerated in the European Court

The process of reviewing complaints will be accelerated in the European Court. According to Trend News, the special representative of the Secretary General of Council of Europe, Veronica Kotek stated ...

Venice Commission expert: “No proposals related to improvement elective legislation submitted”

We have numerously expressed our unchangeable attitude to the representatives of Azerbaijani government about the Elective Code. We are also ready to mull over other problematic issues. According to APA ...

Ombudsman of Azerbaijan: Information on adoption of the Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh to the membership of European Ombudsman Institute has not confirmed

Information spread by Armenia on the adoption of the illegitimate apparatus Commissioner for Human Rights of the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh of Azerbaijan to the European Ombudsman institution, has not been confirmed, ...

Human Rights Commissioner’s office hosts roundtable “Azerbaijan and Council of Europe: Human Rights Cooperation”

Roundtable “Azerbaijan and Council of Europe: Human Rights Cooperation” dedicated to 60th anniversary of European Convention on Human Rights and 9 years of Azerbaijan’s membership in the Council of Europe ...

The Fund of State Support for the Development of Mass Media in Azerbaijan will extend the term of the personal competition announced for journalists

“As the journalists were complaining about the lack of time to submit articles, we will prolong the term from December 5 to 12”- Vugar Safarov, the director of the Fund ...

Azerbaijani ministry denies rumors about prisoner ‘s suicide

The Azerbaijani Justice Ministry denied rumors in the press today that a prisoner committed suicide. Several media outlets disseminated information today about the alleged suicide of prisoner Elnur Ismayilov, who ...

More than 20 prisoners infected with AIDS in Azerbaijan

Twenty-one prisoners are infected with AIDS in Azerbaijan. These prisoners are receiving anti-retroviral therapy, Justice Ministry Medical Department head Rafael Mehtiyev told Trend News yesterday. Treatment in penal institutions began ...

Installation of web- cameras in 10 per cent of election centers is planned for the municipal elections in Azerbaijan- NEC chairperson

Installation of web- cameras in 10 per cent of election centers is planned for the municipal elections in Azerbaijan. According to the information of, the chairperson of the Central Election ...

Law on advocacy must be adopted in Azerbaijan: experts

A new perfect law on advocacy must be adopted in order to solve the problems existing in Azerbaijan in the sphere of the legal profession, experts say. The roundtable “Advocacy ...