Today a solemn ceremony of inauguration of candidates to the lawyer was held with the participation of members of the Presidium of the Bar Association, heads of law offices, MPs, representatives of foreign embassies, representatives of local and international organizations, as well as mass media. 

The event was held at the Central Scientific Library of ANAS jointly organized by the Bar Association of Azerbaijan and the Institute of Law and Human Rights of ANAS.

Ayten Mustafazadeh, Director of the Institute of Human Rights and Rights of ANAS, delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony and spoke about the importance of protection of human rights and reforms in this direction, emphasizing the importance of providing free legal aid to the poor. He noted that the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Institute of Law and Human Rights of ANAS and the Bar Association will lay the foundation for further cooperation, including free legal aid, as well as joint activities on continuous training of lawyers.

Then, Chairman of the Bar Association Anar Bagirov stated that today, June 18 is marked as the National Human Rights Day in Azerbaijan. By President Ilham Aliyev's decree from 17 June 2007, the day of approval of "Human Rights" Program for the Protection of Human Rights by the initiative of national leader Heydar Aliyev has been marked as "Human Rights" day. For this reason, the fact of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Institute of Law and Human Rights of ANAS and the Bar Association is a very significant event.

Then a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan and the Presidium of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan.
Later, the lawyer candidates expressed their gratitude to the Presidium of the Bar Association for their support in obtaining the profession of lawyer and intensively conducting professional exams for advocacy.

Then the oath-taking ceremony was held on successful candidates passing the qualification examinations and the State Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan was performed.