Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in Azerbaijan

The activities are organised in the framework of the Project “Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in Azerbaijan”, funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in their Partnership for Good Governance II.

An earlier phase of this programme (January 2015 - December 2017) was supported by the European Union.

1st March 2019 - February 2023

Context of the Project

This project is a second phase of cooperation with the Azerbaijani judicial authorities. Between March 2015 and April 2017, authorities from the justice sector of Azerbaijan and CEPEJ co-operated in the framework of the Project “Support to increased efficiency of courts, improved training of judges and judicial self-governance in Azerbaijan”.

Project's objective

Court users in Azerbaijan enjoy better access to justice through strengthened efficiency and quality of the judicial system and improved enforcement of court decisions.

Expected outcomes

The project has two main domains of action:

The enhancement of the efficiency and quality of Azerbaijani courts through the application of CEPEJ tools at national level.
The improvement of the enforcement of court decisions through legal and institutional modernisation of the enforcement system.

Project beneficiaries and stakeholders

The main beneficiaries and stakeholders of this project in the Republic of Azerbaijan are the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial Legal Council, and the Justice Academy.

Project reports

Access to Justice for vulnerable groups in Azerbaijan (AZE / ENG)
Communication Strategy for Judiciary of Azerbaijan (AZE / ENG)
Recommendations on ICT solutions in enforcement (AZE / ENG)
Recommendations on the use of indicators in enforcement(AZE / ENG)
Road Map on dissemination of CEPEJ tools (AZE / ENG)
Training Needs Assessment Report (AZE / ENG)

Contacts

Council of Europe - Strasbourg

Jovana Matic

Coordinatrice de projet

+33 (0)3 90 21 63 68

Council of Europe office - Baku

Vafa Rovshanova
Field Officer

Shabnam Mirzayeva
Project assistant

NEWS

Back Seminars on Court performance reporting according to CEPEJ tools and methodology

On 7-8 October 2019, the CEPEJ, in cooperation with the Academy of Justice of Azerbaijan organised two one-day seminars in Baku for judges and court staff on “Court performance reporting according to CEPEJ tools and methodology”.

The aim of the seminars was to develop a standard methodology of court performance reporting for the entire Azerbaijani judiciary based on CEPEJ indicators. Twenty judges and twenty-two members of court staff from Baku and various regions of Azerbaijan attended the seminars led by CEPEJ international expert Rado Brezovar and three national experts, Ms Leila Zakirova representing the Ministry of Justice, Mr Mubariz Akbarov and Mr Azigaga Mammadov, representing the Pilot courts of the previous phase of the project.

As a result of the seminars, participants increased their knowledge on the use of CEPEJ key performance indicators and SATURN guidelines for judicial time management. The representatives of the Ministry of Justice and courts’ presented their experience in the implementation of regular reporting based on statistical analysis in line with CEPEJ tools.

The activity was organised in the framework of the CEPEJ cooperation project "Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in Azerbaijan", under the Partnership for Good Governance II (PGGII), which is funded jointly by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.