Ombudsman Institution of Azerbaijan closely cooperates with National Human Rights Commission of Korea

Azerbaijani Ombudsman closely cooperates with National Human Rights Commission of Korea and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for capacity building of the staff. This year, for the second time one of the staff members of the Ombudsman Institution participated in “Capacity Building for Human Rights Policy” training program jointly organized by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) on 4-17 July 2019, in Seul and Seongnam, South Korea.

16 representatives from National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Human rights divisions of executive bodies of seven countries joined the training program. Participants got acquainted with the history of the Republic of Korea, as well as with several institutions for the purpose of strengthening human rights policy.

The representative of the Ombudsman visited the NHRCK and got acquainted with its work. He also gave information to their staff and other participants of the event about the Azerbaijani Ombudsman’s activities as a NHRI such as ensuring human rights of different groups of the population, the right of access to information, business and human rights, relations with public and civil society, legal education, scientific-analytical work, cooperation with international organizations and national preventive mechanism against torture as a National Preventive Mechanism.

In the end of the visit the representative of the Ombudsman received diploma for successfully completing the training.