A two-day seminar on “Increasing Access for Asylum Seekers and Stateless Persons to Azerbaijan’s National Judicial System” was organized with the participation of judges, lawyers, legal practitioners, representatives of state institutions, and international legal experts, and supported by the State Migration Service, the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the Judicial-Legal Council.

Speaking during the seminar, Turan Jahangirova, the head of the Unit of Work with Martyrs’ Families and Veterans of the Ombudsman Office of Azerbaijan, gave information about the Ombudsman’s activities in promoting and protecting the rights of internally displaced persons, refugees, asylum seekers, and stateless persons. It was emphasized that collaboration with the ombudsmen and national human rights institutions of other countries has been further expanded in this field.

During the event, an expert of the European Court of Human Rights made presentations related to the court’s practice and precedent law.

Subsequently, participants highlighted the good experiences that the Ombudsman Office, the State Migration Service, and the UNHCR achieved in the identification, documentation and information provision for special vulnerable groups at risk of statelessness through their joint initiatives.