Aladdin Jafarov and Sanan Hajiyev represent Azerbaijan at international conference - PHOTO


  • 29 April 2022 17:25

The annual meeting of the European Association of Judges, as well as an international conference on "Judicial Integrity, Improve Transparency and Strengthening Confidence in the Judiciary" kicked off in Porto, Portugal on April 28.

Azerbaijan is represented at the event by Aladdin Jafarov, Chairman of the Union of Court Judges Associations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Sanan Hajiyev, President of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan and a member of the Judicial-Legal Council, e-huquq.az informs, citing the information of the Union of Court Judges Associations.

The conference, organized by the Association of Portuguese Judges, is attended by judges from a total of 40 countries. The event was attended by Henrique Araujo, President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal, Diego Gracia Sayan, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges, Betty Hohler, Representative of the International Criminal Court, Nina Betello, former Chairperson of the Consultative Council of European Judges, Javier Cremades, President of the World Jurist Association, Nuno Coelho, Judge of the Portuguese Court of Auditors. Participants made a presentation on the topic. There was a wide exchange of views on the topic and discussed the possibility of applying existing international experience in this field at the national level.

In addition, at the annual meeting of the Association of European Judges, the delegations of member states provided information on the situation with the judiciary in their countries, reforms and existing problems, and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest.

The conference will run until April 30,2022.

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