Institute for Democracy and Human Rights

Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights was established on 01 June 2014 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on International Children`s Day, AIDHR is a non-governmental organization and has been working with financial assistance from international donor organizations. The main goal of AIDHR is to participate in the prevention of problems in the field of human rights, democracy and freedoms, to contribute to ensuring of human rights and freedoms of citizens, to carry out various projects for people to know their rights. AIDHR is a membership based non-governmental, non-commercial organization, created according to Azerbaijan civil code. Founders and the leaders of the organization are professional human rights workers and activists in the field of democracy, human rights, democratic elections and other fields of human rights. The main aim of AIDHR is to: Stand for democratic values Promote youth participation, democratic citizenship and volunteering Support freedom of expression Defend human rights and rule of law Support new media and information technologies Conduct public researches Seek international partnership in the fields of democracy, human rights, freedom of expression. Chairman of Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights – AIDHR is Dr. Ahmad Shahidov. The official web-site of AIDHR is www.aidhr.org. AIDHR has media network – “The Post” Media Group, which editor-in-chief is Dr. Ahmad Shahidov. AIDHR is willing to actively participate in protection of rights and freedoms, restoration of violated rights of all Azerbaijan citizens and stateless persons, regardless of language, race, sex, political or social affiliation, as well as in legal aid to people. s of AIDHR: E-mail: Tel.: 87 30