Geneva/15.10.21/Turan: At its latest session, the UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) issued recommendations to the Azerbaijani authorities. They deal with the observance of the International Convention on the Protection of Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. This was stated in the Committee's press release of October 14.
In particular, the CMW recommended Azerbaijan to adhere to a human rights approach to migration, including the decriminalization of illegal border crossing.
The Committee expressed concern over the practice of administrative detention of immigrants and urged Azerbaijan to stop detaining children and other vulnerable groups of migrant workers as well as as asylum seekers and refugees. It recommended to use alternative measures instead of detention.
Also, the CMW called for effective investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases. -02D-
Politics
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On 26 July "Platform III of the Republic" made a statement which drew attention to the unlawful seizure of electronic devices of underage children of the arrested head of this structure Akif Gurbanov.
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President Ilham Aliyev has approved by decree the Azerbaijan-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in military intelligence defense sector. The document was signed in Baku on 7 June 2024.
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At the trial of the opposition politician Tofig Yagublu, the statement of Elnur Vaqifoglu, another accused, was heard at the Baku Serious Crimes Court.
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