Draft:Anar Baghirov

= Anar Baghirov = Anar Ramiz Baghirov (June 19, 1976, Azerbaijan) — Chairman of the Azerbaijani Bar Association.. , member of the Judicial-Legal Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a member of the Azerbaijan Republic Commission on Combating Corruption, acting dean of the faculty of "Professional Admission and Qualification of Lawyers" under the Justice Academy, and a member of the Board of Education of the Justice Academy. On 19 May 2015, by decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baghirov was awarded the "Tereggi" (Progress) medal for his endeavours in the activity of the Judges Selection Committee.

Life and Education
Anar Baghirov was born in 1976 in the city of Ganja. Mr Baghirov holds:

-       an LL.B. from Baku State University (1997);

-       an LL.M. (Civil Law cum laude) from Baku State University (1999);

-       PhD from the Institute of Political-Legal Research under the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2006);

-       a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Human Rights under the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Azerbaijan (since 2014).

Mr Bahirov is married. He has three children. He is fluent in Russian, English and Turkish.

Career
 Professional activities 

Between 1997 and 2005, he worked as a lawyer in various organizations and enterprises.

He joined the Azerbaijani Bar Association in 2005 and has been still practising law.

From 2012 to 2017, he was a member of the Presidium (Board) of the Azerbaijani Bar Association.

Since 2017, he has been the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Bar Association.

Since 2019, he has been a member of the Judicial-Legal Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Since 2020, he has been a lecturer at the Law Faculty of Baku State University.

Since 2021, he has been a member of the Dissertation Council No. 2.45 ED, which operates at the National Aviation Academy.

He serves as an arbiter in a number of national and foreign arbitration courts.

Social activities
Since 2010, he has been a member of the Judges' Selection Committee, and since 2016, he has been an acting dean of the faculty of "Professional Admission and Qualification of Lawyers" under the Justice Academy and a member of the Board of Education of the Justice Academy.

He is the Chairman of the "Legal Reforms Center of Azerbaijan" Public Union, Co-Founder and member of the Board of the Azerbaijan Lawyers Confederation (ALC), member of the Board of the British Azerbaijani Law Association (BALA) , editor-in-chief of the "Azerbaijan Lawyer" magazine, as well as a member of the editorial board of the "South Caucasus Law Journal" and the Journal of "Eurasian Law" (JEL).

Since 2012, he has been the head of the Working Group on preparing the draft law "On free legal aid", created in the composition of members of the Azerbaijani Bar Association and lawyers from professional and academic fields.

Since March 2018, he has been a member of the Board of the Union of Lawyer Organizations of Turkic Speaking and Related Countries (TÜRK-AV).

Since 2020, he has been a member of the Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Combating Corruption.

He was recommended as a leading lawyer in the "Business Law in Azerbaijan" category in the "Chambers Asia Pacific 2014" edition of the "Chambers and Partners" rating companyr, which determines the ranking of leading lawyers at the well-known and regional level. Moreover, he was rated as a "highly recommended lawyer" in the "Who's Who of Construction Lawyers 2013" edition of the "Who's Who Legal" rating company, as well as in the rating tables published annually by the IFLR1000, Legal500 rating companies.

He has represented the profession of lawyer in Azerbaijan at a number of local and international conferences.

He authorises more than 50 articles in domestic and foreign legal journals.

Honours and awards
On 19 May 2015, by decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he was awarded the "Tereggi" (Progress) medal.

According to the decision of the Judicial-Legal Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated December 28, 2019, he was awarded the "Honorary badge" of the Judicial-Legal Council.

He was awarded the "Honorary diploma" by the Presidium (Board) of the Azerbaijani Bar Association and was also awarded the title of "Honorary Doctor of Law".

He was awarded the "Honorary Diploma" for his active participation in educational events of the Union of Associations of Judges of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

He was awarded with the "Honorary Diploma" of the Russian Lawyers' Guild.

He was awarded the "Honorary Diploma" (Honorary Lawyer of Russian Federation) from the Federal Chamber of Russian Lawyers.

By order of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated September 26, 2018, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal "100th anniversary of the Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan (1918-2018)".

By the order of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated November 20, 2018, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal "100th anniversary of the Justice of Azerbaijan (1918-2018)".

By order of the Head of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated March 07, 2019, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal "100th anniversary of the State Security and Foreign Intelligence Agencies of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1919-2019)".

By order of the Chief of the State Border Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated August 14, 2019, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal "100th anniversary of the Border Guard of Azerbaijan (1919-2019)".

According to the decision of the Ukrainian National Bar Association, dated September 17, 2019, he was awarded the "Honorary Badge" of the Ukrainian National Bar Association.

By the decision of the Presidium (Board) of the Azerbaijani Bar Association dated September 24, 2019, he was awarded the Jubilee badge "100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Bar Association (1919-2019)".

By order of the President of the Russian Lawyers' Guild dated October 13, 2021, he was awarded the badge of Distinction “for contribution to the development of the profession of lawyer (advocacy)”.

By order of the Minister of Defense Industry of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated February 02, 2022, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal of the Republic of Azerbaijan "15th anniversary of the Ministry of Defense Industry of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2005-2020)".

By the decision of the Lawyers' Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, dated June 02, 2023, he was awarded the "Friendship" medal.

By order of the Head of the State Agency for the Protection of Strategic Objects of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated August 23, 2023, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal "30th anniversary of the strategic objects protection bodies of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1993-2023)".

By order of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan, dated September 30, 2023, he was awarded the "Medal for fruitful cooperation with the prosecution authorities".

On October 5-7, 2023, within the framework of the VII International Forum of Lawyers in Kazakhstan, he was awarded a "Special medal for outstanding contribution to the development of the profession of lawyer (advocacy) in Kazakhstan"

By the decision of the Mediation Council dated December 15, 2023, he was awarded the "Honorary Mediator" diploma