OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESIDENT SIGNS ORDER APPROVING NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
The Order directs executive bodies of the Azerbaijan Republic, and recommends the courts and the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Azerbaijan Republic to toughen the control over the observance of the human rights related law while implementation of legal acts.
The Milli Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic is recommended to assume human rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic and the international documents signed by the Azerbaijan Republic, as main criteria in lawmaking process, and ensure compliance of the legal acts of the Azerbaijan Republic with international standards.
The Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of the Azerbaijan Republic are recommended to ensure application of the provisions of the international documents regulating the protection of human rights, in the country’s judicial practice.
The executive bodies indicated in the National Plan of Action are ordered to involve local non-governmental organizations in the implementation of the National Plan of Action.