[1] She began practising law in Azarbaijan in 2013 where lawyers who are advocates in human rights cases can find themselves abused on-line and even disbarred, She is one of two women who are willing to champion such cases in her country's conservative culture.

[2] In 2019 she spoke publicly about the poor conditions of the political prisoner and journalist Mehman Huseynov.

He was her client and she was later cautioned for spreading false information by the penitentiary service and the Azerbaijani Bar Association threatened proceedings.

The bar association attracted international criticism for moving to disbar Humbatova.

[1] Earle D. Litzenberger the US ambassador returned to Washington to support her as she received the award.