An awareness-raising event “Ensuring the Right of Access to Information in the Human Rights Context” was held in Sabirabad District

The Ombudsman Institution of Azerbaijan organized an awareness-raising event on the topic of “Ensuring the Right of Access to Information in the Human Rights Context” Heydar Aliyev Center. The event was attended by representatives of the Sabirabad District Executive Power, the district police department, the education department, and other information-holding government agencies.

During the event, Ms. Lamiya Zeynalova, Head of the Department on Protection of the Right to Information at the Ombudsman Institution, and some staff members in charge of right to information protection at the Ombudsman's Office delivered speeches on the Ombudsman’s control mechanism over the implementation of the Law on Access to Information granted under the Constitutional Law on Ombudsman of Azerbaijan. 

The participants were informed about the provision and promotion of the right to information, review and monitoring procedures of the relevant applications on the violation of this right, monitoring, and analysis. The participants were also informed about the existing international treaties on the protection of the right of access to information.

Later it was demonstrated a presentation on the right to information, outlining the essence of the right of access to information, obligations of the information holding state agencies, and rights of the information requesters specified in the Law on Access to Information, as well as the other provisions.   

During the event, there was a wide exchange of views on the topic, and recommendations were given.

In the end, the participants were presented with educational booklets "Let's know our right to information" and "Let's ensure the right to information.