Baku/04.09.19/Turan: Sunna Thorhildur Ævarsdóttir (Iceland, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on "Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan", will make a fact-finding visit to Baku from 5 to 7 September 2019, in the context of the preparation of her report.
Meetings are scheduled with members of parliament, representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General"s Office and the Presidential Administration, as well as representatives of civil society.
Ms Ævarsdóttir has also requested to visit currently detained persons who are reported to be political prisoners. -06D--
Politics
-
The agreement reached at the COP29 climate summit has been hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as a critical step in global efforts to combat climate change. Speaking after the conclusion of high-stakes negotiations, Guterres emphasized that the agreement is pivotal for maintaining the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, a threshold considered crucial to preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
-
On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
-
On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
-
Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
Leave a review