UN pays special thanks to Azerbaijan for maintaining peace

The UN has paid special thanks to Azerbaijan and 18 other member countries for totally fulfilling their peacekeeping assessments, financed by UN. According to Trend’s US correspondent, the Under-Secretary-General for ...

Azerbaijani lawyers taken on justice bodies trained

Obligatory training of 49 lawyers taken on Azerbaijani justice bodies was launched. Deputy minister of justice Togrul Musayev participates in this event held in the justice academy, the ministry of ...

Status-quo in the region must change in favor of Azerbaijan, otherwise country will not reconcile with the situation: president

“The status-quo in the region must change in favor of Azerbaijan, otherwise the country will not reconcile with the situation. Because without Azerbaijan’s participation, no initiative can be realized in ...

Law organization proposes to toughen punishment for rape in Azerbaijan

International Law Organization of Protection of Freedom and Peace (PFP) demands to toughen penalties for crimes against sexual integrity. Chairman of the PFP Matlab Mutallimli appealed on this matter to ...

OSCE opens third legal resource centre in Azerbaijan

The OSCE Office in Baku opened a Legal Resource Centre (LRC) in Ganja today to offer free legal advice to residents and support training activities for legal professionals, OSCE said. ...

On a commission from the Azerbaijani Ombudsman, the fact that a group of youth had been detained during the action was investigated

The fact that a group of youth were detained during the action as a protest to the entrance fee increase in metro stations was investigated on a commission from the ...

Discussions were conducted on learning from the practice of International Press Agencies and setting up corporation ties with them

In the frame of the project “Investigation of the situation concerning acces of the mass media to the world information space in Azerbaijan, learning from the practice of International Press ...

International conference “Woman in Islamic world: traditional values and modernism” takes place

State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Problems organized an international conference “Woman in Islamic world: traditional values and modernism” within the framework of “Baku – Capital of Islamic Culture ...

The representatives of the Ombudsman have viewed isolators in the southen region.

In the instruction of Elmira Suleymanova the Human Rights Commissioner of the Azerbaijan Republic, the employees of the Ombudsman have visited the isolaors of the police stations in Djalilabad, Masalli, ...

OSCE holds election observation workshops for Azerbaijan political parties

The OSCE Office in Baku started a series of workshops on election observation today to prepare observers for the December municipal elections. Participants from 14 political parties will be briefed ...