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Azerbaijani Parliament to discuss lifting of restriction imposed on appointment of Prosecutor General and Human Rights Commissioner

18 May 2009 18:08 (UTC +04:00)

The parliamentarians offered to make amendments to the law on â€œThe activity of the human rights commissionerâ€ and draft law on â€œProsecutorâ€™s officeâ€.

The amendments to the draft laws will be discussed at the joint meeting of the parliamentâ€™s committee on legal policy and statehood and committee of human rights on May 20.

Chairperson of the committee of human rights Rabiyyat Aslanova confirmed the news to APA. She said the Parliament had received an issue on amendments and annexes to the law on â€œThe activity of the human rights commissionerâ€. According to the proposed amendments, the restriction imposed on the election of Human Rights Commissioner is lifted.
â€œAccording to the existing law, human rights commissioner is elected once for a 7-year term. According to the proposed amendment, restriction imposed on the election of human rights commissioner once is substituted by twice,â€ she said.