Local Self-Government Bodies in the Republic of Azerbaijan: Legal Status, Tasks and Prospects

Abstract

The relevance of the study lies in the fact that effective local self-government in all its forms is a sign of a democratic, law-based social state that ensures the fullest realisation of human and civil rights and freedoms. The purpose of the article is to analyse the system of local self-government in the Republic of Azerbaijan, its types, main tasks and areas of activity, and the main ways of improvement in accordance with the generally accepted standards of European democratic states. In order to achieve the research goal, the general scientific research (induction, deduction, analysis, synthesis) was used, as well as special research methods (historical and legal, formal and logical). The results considered the problem of the functioning of various types of local self-government in the Republic of Azerbaijan and determined that the main obstacle to the effective implementation of its tasks and goals is insufficient state funding. The results noted that for the further development of the local self-government system in Azerbaijan, it is necessary to develop its comprehensive concept, which can be implemented in accordance with the principles and positions of democratic statehood at the local level of self-organisation of the population in order to ensure the implementation of all types of local self-government. The results considered that due to the shortcomings of the current national legislation in comparison with the fundamental constitutional provisions, the domestic traditions of the Republic of Azerbaijan have been violated, and foreign experience in the implementation of all types and existing institutions of local self-government was not sufficiently used.