On May 11, trainers-experts of the Institute of Law and Human Rights conducted training for investigators and inspectors of the Sabail district Police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The training covered the application of the provisions on the “Right to liberty and security” enshrined in Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The investigator of the Chief Investigation and Inspection Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, police captain,  Vugar Amirov made an opening speech and valued highly  the Institute's initiative regarding these trainings and emphasized that they are always open for cooperation.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Institute, Natavan Rustamova made a presentation on “Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Duties of the State. Restriction of the right to liberty and security, the most recognized violations in the decisions made against Azerbaijan under Article 5”.

The legal expert of the Institute, Vafaddin Ibayev, talked about the importance  of the changes in the legislation and judicial practice in ensuring the right to freedom, problems existing in practice, recommendations regarding their solution, proposals for changes in the legislation, and the detected violations related to the right to liberty and security.

The participants  resolved the cases under Article 5 “Petition on the selection of a pretrial detention measure on the suspect” and “Extension of the term of detention”  under the moderation of the head of the department on Training and Expertise on Human Rightst, Vusala Muradkhanli.

At the end 22 police officers were presented certificates for participating in trainings “The right to liberty and security”, reflected in Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights.