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Public Committee on Supervision to Penitentiary Service has conducted a siting about reports

Public Committee on Supervision to Penitentiary Service which is under the Ministery of Justice has conducted a siting about reports. According to the information obtained from APA; the sitting has ...

Representatives of Human Rights Commissioner examine detentions

Human Rights Commissioner of Azerbaijan Elmira Suleymanova authorized her representatives to examine detention points of the Justice Ministry Penitentiary Service, press service of the Human Rights Commissioner told APA. They ...

Council of Europe ‘s Baku office presents book

On Oct. 28, Baku office of the Council of Europe presented book “Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers on “Legal status of NGOs in Europe.” Recommendations suggest minimum standards to ...

OSCE Baku office holds seminar on election observation in regions

The OSCE Baku Office held a workshop on election observation for the regional representatives of political parties in the town of Sheki. 25 representatives of 9 political parties functioning in ...

Azerbaijan parliament ratifies amendments to increase retirement age

On Oct. 27, the Parliament of Azerbaijan ratified the amendments to the Law on labor pensions in order to increase the retirement age. According to the chairman of the parliamentary ...

Azerbaijani Parliament approves report of national coordinator for combating trafficking in human beings

The Azerbaijani Parliament approved the Report of the National Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. Deputy Interior Minister Vilayat Eyvazov’s report on combating trafficking in people in Azerbaijan was ...

Azerbaijani NGO Alliance for Children’s Rights has compiled an alternative report

On October 26, Azerbaijani NGO Alliance for Children`s Rights held a round table meeting in the hotel “Park Inn-Azerbaijan” on the topic of “An alternative report concerning the civil society ...

Azerbaijani Press Council to debate children & youth publications

The Azerbaijan Press Council will discuss the state of children and youth publications. “The Press Council initiated to hold a roundtable discussion on “The role of children and youth publications ...

Some additions were made to the instruction on determining “the edition of racketeer-newspapers” in the Press Council of Azerbaijan

In the Press Council of Azerbaijan some amendments were made to the instruction on the determination of “the edition of racketeer-newspapers”. Under the addition s made to the instruction on ...

Azerbaijan Press Council issues a new list of racketeer-newspapers

Azerbaijan Press Council issued a new list of “racketeer-newspapers”. “Based on the document presented by the commission on complaints of the Press Council of Azerbaijan, the newspapers Kheber Khetti (“News ...