Azerbaijan - Support for the improvement of the execution of the European Court judgments by Azerbaijan
The main objective of the project is to enhance the implementation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan in line with the European Convention on Human Rights, ensure timely and effective execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and other relevant instruments of the Council of Europe.
Main partners and beneficiaries: Partners: Office of the Azerbaijani Government Agent before the European Court of Human Rights; Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Office of the Prosecutor General; Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Milli Mejlis); Office of Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Center for Legal Expertise and Legislative Initiatives; Law and Human Rights Institute. Beneficiaries: Office of the Azerbaijani Government Agent before the European Court of Human Rights; Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Academy of Justice; Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan
1. National stakeholders have a higher capacity to implement harmonised evidence-based criminal policy and practice;
2. National institutions are able to rely on an improved framework for facilitation execution of the ECtHR judgments.
- Enhancing the capacity of the Government Agent’s Office;
- Support for revision and enhancement of the role of the Supreme Court (institutional, practical, analytical and methodological) in forming harmonised judicial practice in the country;
- Harmonisation of national judicial practices by providing further analysis and recommendations to state actors in the light of the case law of the ECtHR;
- Development of the new re-opening mechanism of ECtHR judgments and achieving better execution of judgments, etc
Project Information
Duration: 1 September 2022- 29 February 2024 (18 months )
Country: Azerbaijan
Budget: EUR 500.000
Funding: Voluntary contributions from Human Rights Trust Fund
Working Group and Sub-Working Groups meetings on the National Execution Strategy and Action Plan for the Execution of European Court of Human Rights Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights by the Republic of Azerbaijan were held on 15th and 18th December 2023
On 15 December 2023, a second working group meeting was held in Baku for the elaboration of the National Strategy for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights by the Republic of Azerbaijan and corresponding Action Plan. The National Strategy was adopted at the end of the...
Working Group Meeting on National Execution Strategy for European Court Judgments in Azerbaijan convened for the first time
The first Working Group meeting on the National Execution Strategy and Action Plan for the Execution of Judgments and Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights by the Republic of Azerbaijan was successfully concluded on 20th November 2023. The Working Group meeting was conducted in online...
Enhancing Judicial Capacity: Delegation of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan visits the Council of Europe
On 19-20 October 2023, in the framework of its Visiting Professionals Scheme, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) received the delegations from Azerbaijan, Slovenia and Latvia. The visit was organised to enhance the capacity building of the higher courts through the transmission of...
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