Speaking at the event, the head of the Northern Regional Center of the Ombudsman, Bahruz Efendiyev, confirmed that Azerbaijan is a country that prioritizes secular, democratic and humanistic principles with the decree “Abolition of the Death Sentence” signed by Heydar Aliyev on February 10, 1998. Noting that the death penalty was abolished for the first time in the East with this decree, the speaker stated that this policy is successfully continued today. More than 15 employees of the Complex participated in the seminar.