Expecting many reforms from the new Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, by the decree of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev Farid Ahmadov was appointed as the Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan. Official institutions and independent analysts say that there is a need for serious reforms in the judicial system of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The new minister Farid Akhmedov was born in 1979 in Baku. He graduated from Baku State University with a degree in law in 2000 and a master’s degree in international law in 2002. In 2003, he received a master’s degree in international human rights at the University of Essex, England, as a “Chunning” researcher. In 2009, he entered Oxford University in England as a “Weidenfeld” researcher to study for a doctorate. He received a doctorate in law from Oxford University in 2016.

Before him, Fekret Mamedov was the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan from 2000 to February 2024. Mamedov did not participate in the cabinet of the newly established government and was appointed as a judge of the Constitutional Court.

Fouad Agayev, a lawyer, believes that there is a need for several reforms in the judicial system of Azerbaijan. . But these reforms should not be limited to language, but should be real reforms. Uploaded/Image/1402/12/09/14021209171226516294904610.jpg”/>

Aqeef describes the scientific view of the newly appointed minister as generally positive and says: the appointment of the new minister after A minister who has been in this position for a long time may have positive results. But we must follow the steps taken. Because so far the changes made in the judicial system have caused confusion. For example, in the administrative court, each judge has hundreds and sometimes 500-600 cases at the same time. This cannot be normal.

According to Agayev, the creation of administrative courts worsened the situation of citizens instead of improving it.

This lawyer About the reforms in the notary system, he said: The activities of notary offices are too centralized. Notaries sometimes find it difficult to solve the issues reflected in the law and how the central office evaluates.

Furthermore, Agayev said about the General Administration of the Implementation of Court Decisions that many court decisions In this office, including court decisions taken against government institutions, sometimes they are not implemented for more than 10 years.

He asks: citizens and their relatives sometimes go to this office for years and cannot to implement court orders. This is a great shame. The former minister was also aware of such cases. How come the citizen is not paid a very small amount which is small even for the government. How can this be?

This lawyer said regarding reforms in the field of penal services: Compliance with the requirements of the law must be monitored in this system. Until recently, a covid test was required for a client-lawyer meeting. According to the law, a lawyer should not ask permission from anyone to meet with his client. However, the permission of the Penitentiary Organization is requested to meet the lawyer. Restrictions that are not due to the law should be removed.

This lawyer also considers it important to install video cameras in prisons, temporary detention centers and other detention facilities that record the actions of the guards.

Regarding reforms in the registration system of institutions, Aghayev believes: transparency should be created in this field. The Ministry must simultaneously notify all amendments to the institutions that have applied for registration so that their documents are amended in accordance with the law. But in practice, the ministry first announces an amendment. After the requesting agency makes that correction, they find another error and then file a new error. Such cases of procrastination must be eliminated. 12/09/14021209171317423294904710.jpg”/>

Zahed Arouj, head of the human rights committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan, believes that the new minister will carry out serious reforms in the judicial system and he I evaluate positively. The Ministry of Justice is an area that provides services to the vast majority of people both in the judicial and legal system and in the field of execution of court orders, as well as probation services, official document services, registration of civil judgments, etc. I believe that the new minister will soon invite well-known lawyers, representatives of the third sector, community members and other well-known public figures and will prepare a map of the main solutions to be carried out in this field.

The head of the Human Rights Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan believes that: the management of court expenses and the holding of vacant positions should be transparent. More than three hundred changes were made in criminal laws to decriminalize the criminal system and liberalize the legal system. A test system has also been created. But again, important cases fall on the shoulders of the judicial authorities.

Zahed Arouj believes: problems in the field of government registration of institutions and the implementation of judicial rulings should also be resolved. According to the officials of the Department of Execution of Court Sentences, more than 1,200,000 sentences are currently awaiting execution.

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