Co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) highlighted the excellent level of cooperation with the Azerbaijan's authorities and with the parliamentary delegation to PACE following the visit to Azerbaijan in January-February, which once again confirms the openness and political will to such cooperation. Head of the Department on Work with Law-Enforcement Agencies of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, Fuad Alasgarov said in an interview with Azerbaijani media outlets, Trend reports.
He said the Monitoring Committee's meeting, held within the PACE spring session on April 23-24, discussed a report on the fulfillment of Azerbaijan's obligations before the Council of Europe. The report is expected to be approved at the next meeting of the committee.
Within the visit to Azerbaijan, the co-rapporteurs met with representatives of state agencies, nongovernmental organizations and political parties. They also visited a settlement for refugees and IDPs and one of the prisons.
"In their report, the co-rapporteurs stressed a number of achievements related to the development of democratic institutions. For example, they positively assessed the adoption of the National Action Program on Improvement of Human Rights and Freedoms Protection in Azerbaijan, approved by presidential order dated Dec.27, 2011.
The co-rapporteurs' report stresses that the National Action Program envisages adoption of the Law "On ensuring rights of persons held in detention," measures directed at investigation of violations of the rights of these persons, the appropriate training for law enforcement officers and judges," Alasgarov said.
