• 2012: the
Homo Homini Award for his work on human rights;He was chosen as the best human rights defender of 2012. • 2014 (October): the
Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award of the
Norwegian Helsinki Committee, together with
Leyla Yunus,
Rasul Jafarov and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan. Since he was in jail, the award was received by his children. • 2015 (October): Human Rights Award, of the
International Bar Association, for outstanding contribution to human rights. Since he was in jail, the award was received by his children. • 2016 (February): Human Rights Award, of the
Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), for devoting "his life to protecting the rights of individuals against the repressive system of the Azerbaijani government" and providing for decades a "legal assistance and representation to the politically persecuted". Since he was in jail, the award was received by his children. • 2016: Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award,
Civil Rights Defenders ==References==