The training on “Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Court of Justice of Azerbaijan in the perspective of the European Court of Human Rights” was conducted within the framework of the co-operation of the Institute of Law and Human Rights and the Council of Europe  Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law and Sumgayit Court of Appeal.

Chairman of the Sumgayit Court of Appeal, Mr. Tofik Pashayev made an opening speech and emphasized that such trainings on the articles of the ECHR are very useful for the practical activities of lawyers.

Chairman of Board of the Institute, Mahammad Guluzade, thanked for the cooperation and the conditions created in the administrative building of the Sumgayit Court of Appeal for expert trainers and lawyers of various state agencies.

The Chairman gave general information to the training participants about the activities of the Institute, as well as about upcoming tasks and goals. At the same time, M. Guluzade shared with the participants the decisions of the European Court against our country and the statistics related to Sumgayit particularly.

Then expert trainer Vusala Muradkhanli made an extensive presentation on “Article 6 of the ECHR: civil-legal aspect” to the audience.

In his presentation, legal expert of the Institute, Vafaddin Ibayev gave general comments on the following issues: violations identified in the decisions taken against Azerbaijan and ways of eliminating them; the right to appeal to the court; equality of parties in court proceedings and the principle of contention in court proceedings.

During the discussions, the expert trainers explained to the participants such issues as access to court, procedural requirements, the concept of “criminal charge”, presumption of innocence (Article 6.2), guarantee of the right to defense (Article 6.3) and the most well-known violations which are frequently encountered in the decisions made against Azerbaijan.