The Ombudsman’s North, South, West, and Northwest Regional Centers organized a range of legal educational events during the “Peace Month” declared by the Ombudsperson, Sabina Aliyeva
the Ombudsman’s National Preventive Mechanism, the preventive group members conducted scheduled visits to the open-type penitentiary institutions
Determining the fate of persons missing as a result of conflicts and ensuring the right to the truth for their families and society as a whole are among the fundamental requirements of international law. The United Nations (UN) established 30 August as the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances with the aim of drawing the attention of the international community to this issue and commemorating the thousands of missing and unidentified persons who lost their lives during wars and military operations, as well as those who were detained and held in unacknowledged places or subjected to extrajudicial killing.
Within the scope of the Ombudsman’s independent monitoring activities, a policy paper has been prepared on the legal framework governing mandatory medical examinations during sports competitions and training sessions, as well as the improvement of national legislation
Monitoring and awareness-raising activities are continued in psychiatric institutions within the mandate of the national preventive mechanism and the Working Group on “Mental Health and Human Rights” under the instructions of the Ombudsperson Sabina Aliyeva to evaluate the general human rights situation in those facilities.
Azerbaijan's Human Rights Commissioner, Sabina Aliyeva attended an international scientific-practical conference entitled “Human Rights in the Context of Digital Transformation: Modern Approaches” in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.