Children's Rights in Azerbaijan: Law, Reality, and Challenges

Overcrowding in Azerbaijan’s penitentiary system is becoming one of the country’s most significant institutional challenges amid a rise in the prison population and an increasing share of detainees held in pretrial detention, according to Council of Europe statistics and expert assessments.

A delegation from the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited Azerbaijan from September 22 to October 3 as part of a periodic review of the country. This was the first mission since the CPT delegation was denied entry to the country last summer.

The proposal to grant the President the authority to pardon not only those convicted but also individuals under investigation is being put forward in the Milli Majlis.

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which began in Baku on November 11, is ongoing and will continue until November 22. During this time, international organizations have continued their calls to Azerbaijan regarding human rights issues.