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UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman and Sweden
Baku/09.02.23/Turan: Today, the UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) issued its findings on Azerbaijan, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman and Sweden, after reviewing the seven States parties during its latest session.
The findings contain the Committee's main concerns and recommendations on implementing the Child Rights Convention as well as positive aspects. Key highlights include:
The Committee was seriously concerned about the continued practice of corporal punishment and the high prevalence of violence against children in Azerbaijan. The Committee urged the State party to enact legislation to prohibit corporal punishment of children and establish mechanisms to promote mandatory reporting and multiagency intervention in all cases of violence against children.
Regarding child health and healthcare issues, the Committee raised questions about the high number of adolescent pregnancies and the high sex ratio at birth resulting from sex-selective abortions favouring boys. It urged the Government to integrate sexual and reproductive health education into the school curriculum and to address the root causes of sex-selective abortion and its long-term implications for society.-0-
Politics
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Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) released the following statement today:
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Access to the website of the Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti has been unblocked in Azerbaijan. Access to the website of this media was blocked after RIA Novosti published an interview with the so-called "state minister" of the former separatist regime in Karabakh Artak Beglaryan in June 2022. Baku regarded this publication as not respecting the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan by the Russian state media.
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On July 23, a meeting was held at the National Defense University with a delegation of the Chinese Army Academy of Military Sciences, which is on a visit to Azerbaijan. The guests were given a briefing on the history and main activities of the National Defense University. During the meeting, prospects for the development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and China in the field of military education were discussed.
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On July 23, Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and Azerbaijan V. Grushko and S. Sharifov met in Moscow. "The parties discussed the current situation in the South Caucasus and neighboring regions. An exchange of views was held on the issues of the EU and NATO, the situation in the OSCE and the regional activities of the Council of Europe. A number of bilateral and international topics of mutual interest were touched upon.
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