Members of PACE Monitoring Committee meet President of Supreme Court of Azerbaijan

By  Azertac 

Delegation led by co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Cezar Florin Preda and Stefan Schennach have met with President of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan Ramiz Rzayev.

Ramiz Rzayev provided an insight into the court system of Azerbaijan, as well as the structure and activity of the Supreme Court.

He highlighted that Azerbaijan attaches great importance to application of international legislative acts and, especially, European Convention on “Protection of human rights and main freedoms”, use of the newest information technologies in the Supreme Court system, study and application of the precedent law of the European Court on Human Rights.

Members of the PACE Monitoring Committee demonstrated special interest to the legislative base meeting the modern requirements of Azerbaijan. They hailed court’s improved experience in various decisions adopted by the Plenum of the Supreme Court.

The delegation highlighted great importance of relations between Azerbaijan and European Council, and vowed to do utmost to continue these relations in future.