3rd Meeting of the Presidents of the Council of Judges of the Organization of Turkic States Held in Baku

The 3rd Meeting of the Presidents of the Council of Judges of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

The meeting, hosted by the Judicial and Legal Council of Azerbaijan and President of the Supreme Court Inam Karimov, was attended by Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council of Uzbekistan Halmumin Yodgorov, Chairwoman of the Council of Judges of Kyrgyzstan Aida Seidakmatova, and Member of the Supreme Judicial Council of Kazakhstan Yernar Begaliyev.

Also present at the meeting were Secretary General of the OTS, Ambassador Kubanychbek Omuraliev, Vice President of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) Fuzuli Aydoğdu, and President of the Supreme Court of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Bertan Özerdağ.

During the meeting, the Statute of the OTS Council of Judges Network was adopted and signed by the participants.

"The greatest goal of the OTS Council of Judges Network is to make the justice vision of the Turkic world visible on a global scale."

In his speech, HSK Vice President Aydoğdu stated that the network to be established would go beyond being just a coordination structure and would create a new synergy in many areas, from judicial ethics to professional development, the sharing of best practices, and mutual exchange of experiences.

Aydoğdu said that they aim for this network to be a continuous communication and consultation platform among the relevant institutional bodies of OTS member states. He added: “It is our primary goal that the OTS Council of Judges Network provides an effective mechanism for developing joint solutions to common problems, strengthens universal principles such as judicial independence, impartiality, and transparency, and makes the justice vision of the Turkic world visible on a global scale.”

President of the Judicial and Legal Council and the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, Karimov, stated that the OTS Council of Judges Network is an important step towards institutionalizing concrete legal cooperation between member states.

Karimov said, “With the adopted statute, a legal basis will be laid for multilateral and sustainable cooperation in the field of judiciary and law among the member states. In this context, a reliable platform will be established for implementing joint projects, organizing scientific and educational programs, training judges in ethics and professionalism, conducting joint legal research, and continuous exchange of experiences. This process will make significant contributions to deepening the common legal culture of the Turkic states and promoting the principles of justice and the rule of law more broadly.”