Khanlar Hajiyev is an Azerbaijan judge, and currently the Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Azerbaijan.
Education
2001 Doctor of Law
Postgraduate training in Epidemiological Surveillance and Diseases Management
1983 Postgraduate course at the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University
Moscow Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Science, Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Science of Azerbaijan.
Career
2001 Doctor of Law Judge of the European Court of Human Rights of Azerbaijan 1998-2003 President of the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan 1993-1998 President of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan 1992-1993 Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan 1993-2001 Lecturer at the Baku State University on the Legal Aspects of the Struggle against International Criminality 1988-1990 Senior Adviser at the Supreme Court of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1985-1988 Editor of the Penal Law and Penal Procedure Department of the Soviet Justice Journal 1983-1985 Adviser of the Supreme Court of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Membership
1996-2001 Full-fledged member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission).