15:16 - 30.10.2023

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October 30, Fineko/abc.az. The parliamentarians of Milli Majlis and Supreme Majlis of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic will not be able to be arbitrators in Azerbaijan.

This is reflected in the Bill on Arbitration.

The document defines the requirements for an arbitrator in internal arbitration proceedings. Arbitrators may be individuals who are not an interested party, independent of the parties and who voluntarily consent to perform the functions of an arbitrator, who have reached the age of 25, have higher education and work experience in the specialty of at least 3 years.

An arbitrator who resolves a dispute alone, along with the above requirements, must have higher legal education. In case of collective dispute resolution, the chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal must have higher legal education.

Additional requirements to the arbitrator may be put forward in the framework of an arbitration agreement or by a decision of a permanent arbitration institution.

The following persons cannot be the arbitrators: MPs of Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan and the Supreme Majlis of the NAR; civil servants, military personnel, employees of a public legal entity, judges of the Republic of Azerbaijan; persons recognized by the court as incapacitated or limited in capacity; persons whose criminal records have not been extinguished; military personnel dismissed from active military service due to official inconsistency, or deprived of military service ranks by court decision or disciplinary order within the last 3 years; persons dismissed from law enforcement agencies; persons deprived of judicial powers, dismissed from public service, other state bodies not related to public service, deprived of lawyer and notary status as a result of disciplinary measures; excluded from the Mediation Council.