Activity: The Human Rights Library

Activity: The Human Rights Library

The library is due to be open to the public five days a week (10 am – 6 pm).

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  Human Rights Law – 153 books
  
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  International and humanitarian law – 98books
  
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  Women rights and Gender issues – 23 books
  
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  Refugee and IDPs rights – 30 books
  
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  Jurisprudence – 103 books
  
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  Court decisions and precedents – 97 books
  
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  Legal regulation of economy – 20 books
  
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  NGO management, Youth and law – 15 books
  
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  Children rights – 22 books
  
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  Minority rights – 30 books
  

After the creation of the training center within the Library there had been held periodical seminars and trainings conducted by the AYLU staff and AYLU trainers directed to the law students from various universities. Almost 3 years law students from 5 universities of Baku officially participated at the internship program at AYLU. AYLU has internship contracts with Universities. For instance, according to the contract with the Western University, AYLU receive approximately 150 interns each year. From September 2003 interns are also involved to the seminars in Human Rights Library. Such contracts AYLU has also with the Law faculties of the Odlar Yurdu University, National Aviation Academy and Azerbaijan International University. There had been conducted also discussions clubs within the Training Center of the Library among law students about the different spheres of human rights.

There is also the computer center within the Library. According to the project budget AYLU bought 2 computers and contribute with the 1 computer to the center. 3 computers are operating by users. There is a registration system for using the computer. From Monday to Friday, the law students may come and do some legal research, search the electronically legislation database etc. The articles of the Young Lawyers Magazine is also collecting and typing in this Center. There is also limited internet access in this center and law students actively use these tools for making legal research and writing their essays, diplomas on human rights issues. During the 3 months of the project implementation already 78 AYLU members, volunteers and law students actively used the Computer center.

During the project implementation the activities are widely covered by the Mass –Media. There were placed announcement and informative articles in the various newspapers. The Mass- Media played a great role on lightening the project activities. In 2004, 18 high circulated newspaper enlightened project activities. In total 58 articles had been published in 18 newspapers about different project activities, mostly about the outcomes of the Summer School, Conference as well as about the Library, Magazine and Pamphlets.

2. “Bakinskiy rabochiy” (state newspaper in Russian).

3. “Iki sahil” (State newspaper in Azeri).

4. “Huquq” – “Law” (independent, oppositional).

5. “Uch nogte” (oppositional, in Azeri).

6. “Echo” (independent, in Russian).

7. “Respublika” (state, in Azeri).

8. “Modern Musavat” (oppositional, in Azeri).

9. “Azerbaidjan” (the main state newspaper, in Azeri).

10. “Kaspi” (independent, in Azeri).

11. “Express” (oppositional, in Azeri).

12. “Sherg” (independent, in Azeri).

13. “Yeni Azerbaijan” (state ruling party newspaper, in Azeri).

14. “Xalg Djebhesi” (oppositional party newspaper, in Azeri).

15. “Nebz” (independent, in Azeri).

16. “Zerkalo” (independent, in Russian).

17. “Adalet” (independent law newspaper, in Azeri).

18. “Azadlig” (oppositional National Popular Front Partys’ newspaper in Azeri).