Call for greater cooperation to strengthen Ombudsman institutions

KARACHI: Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) and President of the Asian Ombudsmen Association, Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi Wednesday highlighted that the Ombudsmen fraternity is globally contributing towards promoting and protecting human rights, civil liberties, good governance and the rule of law.

He was addressing an ‘International Conference on Constitution and the Rule of Law in Contemporary Legal Systems’, organized as part of the ‘Year of Constitution and Sovereignty’ celebrations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in Baku, says official statement issued here.

The Wafaqi Mohtasib said that Ombudsmanship is aimed at making the state institutions more vibrant, effective and efficient, thereby improving their service delivery in accordance with the law of the land.

The Ombudsman institutions, he said, serves as enablers which promote transparency, accountability, equality, fair and just practices.

He highlighted the centrality of rule of law in promoting good governance and protecting the citizen’s rights and said that people are the ultimate stakeholders and their well-being remains supreme in any democratic dispensation.

He warmly felicitated the government and the people of Republic of Azerbaijan on 30th anniversary of the adoption of the constitution and the 5th anniversary of the restoration of sovereignty. Both events are important milestones in the country’s history.

He expressed the confidence that these ties would grow further in the days to come and the Ombudsman institutions in both countries would continue to work together in promoting good governance, the rule of law and inclusivity.

The international conference was attended by the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan and heads of various Ombudsman and Judicial institutions in the Asian region.

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