THE JUDGES WHICH PASSED SENTENCE BY POLITICAL ORDER
Ramin Afad oglu Qaraqurbanli
Judge of the Baku Court of Appeal
He was the Presiding judge to the trial at Baku Court of Appeal and on 12 December 2023 issued a decision against Elshad Sultanov: to dismiss the defence appeal and leave the sentence of the first instance court of 23 October 2023 unchanged.
He was the judge to the trial at Baku Court of Appeal and on 2 February 2024 issued a decision against Elnara Qasimova: to dismiss the defence’s appeal and leave the sentence of the Baku City Khatai District Court from 25 January 2024 intact
He was the judge to the trial at Baku Court of Appeal and on 16 March 2023 issued a decision against Bahtijr Babashov: to leave the decision of Baku City Narimanov District Court dated 11 March 2023 unchanged and extend the preventive measure in the form of detention.
About judge
Ramin Afad oglu Qaraqurbanli
Born – 1974
Education:
1995 – Baku State University, International law faculty
2000 – Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University, Military faculty
2002 – USA Northwestern University, Law School
2003 – Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Public administration faculty
2006 – Russian Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice, Law faculty
Career:
1995 – 1997 – Legal Adviser, Military Unit No. N, Ministry of Defense
1997 – 2016 – Researcher, senior scientific expert of the Institute of Philosophy and Law under the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, from 2017 senior researcher, acting chief of department in the Institute on Law and Human Rights under the National Academy of Sciences
1998 – 2000 – Specialist, Lead Specialist, Chief Specialist, Department on legislation and legal propagation, Ministry of Justice
2000 – 2001 – Lead Specialist, Department on state registration of legal entities, Ministry of Justice
2001 – 2005 – Senior Adviser, Organization and analytical department, Ministry of Justice
2005 – 2013
Chief consultant, Head of Reforms division, General department on organization and supervision, Ministry of Justice
2005 – 2018 – Member of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) of the Council of Europe; from 2016 to 2018 as a CEPEJ Vice-president and from 2011 till today – Expert of the Working group on the evaluation of European judicial systems
2013 – 2020 – Judge, Baku City Yasamal District Court
2020 – till today – Judge, Baku Court of Appeal