Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Commissioner Office begins consultations

Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsperson) Office began consultations to set mechanisms for fulfillment of new duties due to the last amendments to the law on obtaining information, Human Rights Commissioner Elmira Suleymanova told APA.

Suleymanova said the Ombudsperson advocating for establishing a structure, which would meet the interests of everyone.

“Alongside with journalists, every citizen has a right to get information. We would like to establish such structure that can work effectively. According to the law on obtaining information everyone should get an opportunity to receive information in details”, said Suleymanova.

She said her organization would give advises and recommendations to the employees of public relations departments of the government organizations.

The law on obtaining information adopted in 2005 considers the establishing of institution of Information Ombudsman, but the parliament made amendments and annexes to the law on December 21, 2010. According to the law, its article about the Information Ombudsman lost its force. These authorities were given to the Human Rights Commissioner.


/APA/