Information about LDPA
The Law and Development Public Association (LDPA) was founded by a group of lawyers in April 2004 and it was registered on May 31, 2005.
The overall aim of the LDPA is to assist with the development of civil society and democratic institutions as well as contribute to the conduct of legal reforms in Azerbaijan.
Thus far, the LDPA has implemented 38 projects (23 legal awareness and legal aid activities; 4 election-related activities, 3 municipality-related activities, 4 activities on parliamentary constituency relations, 4 activities related to non-governmental organizations.
As a result of the LDPA activities, some 8 thousands persons have received different types of legal advice, 3 thousands persons benefited directly from legal aid and they were represented before state bodies and the courts, the cases of 18 applicants have been satisfied by the European Court of Human Rights.
Additionally, the LDPA have conducted 10 thousands local and regional roundtables, workshops and training sessions apart from the 17 publications (handbooks, booklets) on legal defencee and analysis. The LDPA also contributed the development of the draft law on “Legislative initiative rights of the citizens”.
The main governing body is the General Assembly. The executive body of the organization is composed of the Board, Chairman and the controlling authority which is the Inspection Group. The Association’s members are mainly lawyers, while the Chairman and the members of the Board are the members of the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Chairman of the Association is Hafiz Hasanov.