The Department operates in the following areas:

• To carry out fundamental and applied scientific researches in particular areas of Law, including human rights and freedoms, and to prepare scientific and practical recommendations;

• To participate in the development and improvement of legislation;

• To participate in the assessment of the impact of normative legal regulation;

• To participate in the process of raising public legal literacy;

• To contribute to the development of legal education;

• To analyse and summarize the decisions and reports of international human rights institutions and international non-governmental organizations related with Azerbaijan.