Events
Conference on applying international standards and strategic human rights litigation
When
11 December 2008 (All day) - 12 December 2008 (All day)
Where
Hyatt Recency (Baku Room), Baku, Azerbaijan
Organized by
OSCE Office in Baku, Netherlands Helsinki Committee, INTERIGHTS (UK), Legal Education Society (Azerbaijan)
The event aims to explore the challenges of litigation in Azerbaijan. Participants will look at issue related to
- the judiciary's independence,
- equality of arms,
- statistics on human rights violations,
- cases brought before the European Court on Human Rights against Azerbaijan, and
- the impact of the Court's judgments on legislation and practice.
The conference will gather together
- representatives of inter-governmental organizations (such as the OSCE and the Council of Europe),
- state officials,
- judges,
- the ombudsperson,
- the Agent of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the ECtHR,
- members of the Collegium of Advocates, and
- non-governmental organizations active in the field of human rights.