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Azerbaijan Lawyers Association (ALA)
ALA was founded on 20 May 1997 and was officially registered on 15 February 2000. ALA whose president is Annagi Gadjibeyli has 19 co-founders and 81 members. Since 1999 ALA is a member of International League for Human Rights and since 2000 member of Legal Associations of States around Black Sea (LASBS). ALA participates in annual meetings of LASBS. On the last annual conference of the General Assembly held in Sinaya (Romania) it was decided to hold the next GA meeting in autumn 2003 in Baku under the organization of ALA. The main goals of ALA are to assist in building democratic jural state, in conducting judicial-legal reforms, in strengthening legality and rule of law and in increasing legal awareness of the population.
There are five main activity directions in the programs of ALA:
1. Legal enlightenment of the population;
2. Assistance in modernization of the legislation, state building, establishment of the base of judicial-legal reforms and their realization;
3. Assistance in ensuring rights and freedoms of citizens;
4. Assistance to NGOs and independent media;
5. Creation of condition for active professional and social activity of the members, the increase professional level of lawyers working in different fields of law and law students, assist in establishing contacts among lawyers.
ALA has conducted the following projects:
- Project "On realization and protection of the political rights of
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- Project on "Free legal assistance for refugees, IDPs and poor strata of the population"
- Project on "Free Legal assistance to poor strata of the population"
- Project on "Preparation of law graduates for advocacy practice in the field of commercial law"
- Project on "Preparation of the Commentary to the General Part of the Civil Procedural Code"
- Project on "Preparation of the Commentary to the Special Part of the Civil Procedural Code"
- Project on "Explanation and propaganda of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms"
- Project on "Explanation and propaganda of the civil Code"
- Project on "Situation around the legislation on NGOs"
- Forum of advocates
- Project on "Establishment of regional center to provide free legal assistance to municipalities"
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ALA has conducted the following seminars:
- Seminar on "Legal Education"
- Seminar on "Registration of NGOs in Azerbaijan and problems in their
activity"
- Seminar on "Media legislation: reality and perspectives"
- Seminar on "The role of professional unions of lawyers in the societies
of the USA and Azerbaijan"
- Seminar on "European Court of Human Rights"
- Seminar on "Protection of rights in the European Court of human Rights"
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ALA has published the following books:
- "European Court of Human Rights: selected judgments on Article 6"
- "Scientific-practical commentary to the Civil Procedural Code of
the Republic of Azerbaijan"
- "Commercial Law"
- "Appeal to the European Court"
- "Real and commitment rights in foreign countries"
- "Judges' and Advocates' Ethics in USA"
- "Legal education in Azerbaijan"
- "Media and Law"
- "Freedom of media: legislation and practice"
- "New Civil Code: special view on the General Part"
- Book "Legal education in USA"
- "NGOs: Azerbaijani legislation and international standards" by A.Gadjibeyli
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