28.08.2020

On August 27, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan Farhad Abdullayev participated in the IV Congress of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions on the topic “The XXI century Constitution - the rule of law, the value of person and the effectiveness of the State” organized by the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan and held in an online format.

At the beginning of the event, a letter from the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed to the participants of the Congress was read out.

Then the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke, noting that the Congress coincided with the 25^th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the country, emphasizing the role of the Basic Law in the creation and development of the new legal system of the Republic.

Chairman of the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan, currently head of the Association Kairat Mami, President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe Gianni Buquicchio, Chairman of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union Zholymbet Baishev, General Director of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) Dr. Frauke Bachler and Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan György Szabó also delivered opening speeches.

In the practical part of the event, the chairmen and judges of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts of Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Korea, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Pakistan, India and other countries presented reports on the following topics: The role of constitutional control bodies in ensuring the rule of law; Human rights protection in the conditions of COVID-19 pandemic; Protecting democratic values and human rights in an era of digital transformation; Development of the modern state and other topics.

Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan Farhad Abdullayev made a presentation at the Congress on “Some aspects of the implementation of constitutional justice in the Republic of Azerbaijan during the pandemic.”

As a result of the event, a Declaration of the Congress was adopted.

The Declaration reflects the role of constitutional control bodies in protection of constitutional values, the process of improving the legislation of the member states of the Association, ensuring the rights of citizens in legal proceedings during the pandemic and other legal issues.

At the suggestion of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the fundamental principles of international law, such as the territorial integrity of countries and the inviolability of borders, were unanimously supported by the Constitutional and Supreme Courts of the participating countries and included in the text of the Declaration.

The Declaration was unanimously signed by the constitutional justice bodies of the Association.