On June 17, during the meeting of the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, Chingiz Askerov, with the heads of missions of several countries in the Council of Europe, they exchanged views on legal reforms in Azerbaijan and the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. The chairman of the group of rapporteurs on democracy of the Committee of Representatives of the Council of Europe, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the Council of Europe, Martin Ehnberg, and heads of permanent missions of Turkey, Estonia, and Finland, attended the meeting.

Informing about the structural changes in the Supreme Court, Asgarov said that a department for the management of judicial cases had been established in the Supreme Court. It makes a significant contribution to the work of the Court by providing institutional support for both the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the reflection of the requirements of the Convention in the decisions of the Supreme Court. Chingiz Asgarov noted that special attention is paid to the expansion of business relations with the institutions of the Council of Europe, as well as judicial cooperation with member countries. In this sense, he noted the Council of Europe's Action Plan for Azerbaijan for 2022-2025.

The head of the Council of Europe delegation, Martin Ehnberg, stressed the need to develop further relations between Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe in direct dialogue, which will help implement the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. "The meeting was held in an atmosphere of fruitful exchange of views and provided useful discussions on ensuring human rights and fulfilling the tasks facing the courts in this area," he added.

On June 10, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted two resolutions on Azerbaijan on the implementation of the decisions of the Strasbourg court on the cases of journalists and activists. According to the Council of Europe's press service, one of them is related to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to violate the right to respect the privacy and reputation of investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, as well as freedom of expression. The complaint is related to threats against the journalist, blackmail, and the dissemination of his intimate personnel on the Internet. The Committee of Ministers called on the Azerbaijan government to take measures against crimes against journalists and to investigate the possible connection of these acts with their professional activities.

The second resolution concerns the case of Anar Mammadli's group, which contains the cases of nine activists and journalists arrested from 2013 to 2016. The European Court of Human Rights has found that criminal law has been abused in these cases to punish and silence them, particularly their rights under Articles 5 and 18. The Committee of Ministers noted that the applicants had been compensated but had not been fully acquitted or convicted.

The Committee of Ministers asked the government to report on the measures taken by August 1, as the Committee will review the work in September.