Ministry of Justice (Azerbaijan)

Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan
Agency overview
Azərbaycan Respublikasının Ədliyyə Nazirliyi
Coat of arms of Azerbaijan
Formed	November 22, 1918
Jurisdiction	Government of Azerbaijan
Headquarters	Inshaatchilar ave. 1, Baku, Azerbaijan Republic
Agency executive	Fikrat Mammadov, Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan
Website	justice.gov.az

The Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Ədliyyə Nazirliyi) is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulation of the justice system, overseeing the public prosecutor, maintaining the legal system and public order and instituting law reforms.

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History

The Ministry of Justice was one of the first ministries of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic established on May 28, 1918, the day of declaration of independence of Azerbaijan.^[1] Its statute was ratified by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan on November 22, 1918.^[2] After the occupation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic by the 11th Army of Soviet Russia in May 1920 the Ministry of Justice was abolished, and by the decision of the Azerbaijan Revolutionary Committee the People's Commissariat of Justice was established instead.

In 1930, the Commissariat was liquidated, all its competencies were transferred to the Supreme Court, the Central Executive Committee, the prosecutor's office and other bodies.^[3]

In 1933, the People's Commissariat of Justice was reorganized, and it was responsible for drafting bills, interpreting laws, training judicial personnel, providing legal assistance to the population, penitentiary system management, and so on.

In 1937, the new Statute of the People's Commissariat of Justice was approved. As a consequence, the powers of the People's Commissariat of Justice were significantly limited.

In 1959, the Ministry of Justice was abolished again, and the management of all the operations of the Judiciary was transferred to the Supreme Court.

The second birthday of the Ministry of Justice of the Azerbaijan SSR is considered to be October 27, 1970, when Heydar Aliyev came to power in the republic.

By presidential decree of November 11, 2000, the day of the approval of the first Regulation of the Ministry of Justice (November 22) was declared a professional day for the judicial officials.

The new "Statute of the Ministry of Justice" was approved by the Presidential Decree of April 18, 2006 in order to modernize the legal basis of the ministry and bring it in line with international standards.

Structure

The ministry manages the state policies and management in the field of justice through its legal expertise, record keeping and state registration of legal acts. It also takes part in development of legislation, drafting laws, formulating proposals on draft legal acts and providing legal awareness. The ministry also oversees the state registration of legal entities, maintaining register of publications. Notary activities, registering of civil status acts, intergovernmental matters on adoption, legalization of documents also fall within the scope of the ministry's activity. Furthermore, the agency is in charge of enforcement of judicial decisions, organizational provision of the courts, gathering judicial data as well as registration of grant agreements to be allocated to the non-profit organizations.^[2] The ministry is currently headed by Fikrat Mammadov appointed in April 2000.

List of the functions of the Ministry

participates in the formation of uniform state policy in the field of justice and ensures the implementation of this policy;
ensures the development of the judiciary;
conducts law-enforcement;
prepares draft legislative acts, conducts legal examination of normative legal acts and state registration;
ensures activities of notary;
carries out state registration of non-commercial legal entities, representations and branches of foreign non-commercial legal entities;
implements a single data registry of inspections carried out in the field of entrepreneurship;
carries out the State Register of the population of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
provides support to the operations of the courts, penitentiary institutions and municipalities in accordance with the legislation;
carries out legal research and studies;
ensures fulfillment of commitments undertaken by the Republic of Azerbaijan, regulated by international agreements of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
operates in other directions defined by the legislation.

Organization

The Ministry of Justice is headed by the Minister of Justice, who has three deputies, as well as the head of the Penitentiary Service.

The structure of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan includes:

Directorate General for Organization and Control
Directorate General for Legislation
Directorate General for Registration and Notaries
Directorate General of Compulsory Enforcement
Municipality Administration Center
Probation Service
Department of International Cooperation
Human Rights and Public Relations Department
Investigation Department
Human Resources Administration
Penal Enforcement Inspectorate
The Secretariat
The Department Finance and Insurance Management
The Department of Information and Communication Technologies Management

The legal bodies of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan are:

Prison Service
Judicial Academy
Central Medical Department
Institute of Legal Expertise
Department of Population Register of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Regional, local and other organizations

List of ministers

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920)

Azerbaijan Republic (1992–present)

Ilyas Ismayilov (1992–1995)
Südaba Hasanova^[4]^[5] (1995–2000)
Fikrat Mammadov^[6]^[7] (2000–present)

References

^ "QISA TARİXİ EKSKURS" [Short Historical Overview]. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan – About the Ministry". Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının Ədliyyə Nazirliyi". www.justice.gov.az. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1995 no.1-4". HathiTrust. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
^ "GRADUATES OF LAW FACULTY IN THE POSTS OF A CHAIRMAN OF SUPREME COURT AND OTHER HIGH COURT CHAIRMEN OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC". Bakı Dövlət Universiteti.
^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Oct–Dec 2000". HathiTrust. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. January 2003". HathiTrust. Retrieved June 18, 2018.

External links

Official website

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Funds	Social Protection Fund State Oil Fund

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