Azerbaijan’s record on tackling racial discrimination will face scrutiny by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 3 and 4 May in meetings that will be webcast live. Azerbaijan is one of the 177States that have ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and so is reviewed regularly by the Committee of18international independent experts.
Among the possible issues for discussion between CERD members and a delegation from the Azerbaijan Government are
- Racial discrimination and hate speech, including against ethnic minorities;
- Legal framework to prohibit racial discrimination;
- Information and data on enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by various ethnic groups and by displaced persons and refugees, including restitution of property;
- Dialogue with minority groups;
- Asylum law, protection against refoulement;
- Measures to reduce and prevent statelessness.
The review will take place on 3 May from 15:00 – 18:00 (17:00-20:00 in Baku) and on 4 May from 10:00 – 13:00 (12:00 – 14:00) at Palais Wilson in Geneva and will be webcast at www.treatybodywebcast.org
The Committee will also hear from other UN entities and NGOs. More information here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=977&Lang=en
The Committee will publish its findings on Azerbaijan and the other countries being reviewed – Spain, Oman, Rwanda, Georgia and Namibia - on 13 May here:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1072&Lang=en-0-
Politics
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The mother of economist Fazil Gasimov, who is on a hunger strike for the 45th day in prison, appealed to the public on July 28 to help free her son and save him from death.
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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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From 19 to 26 July, 24 automatic rifles, 1 machine gun, 9 rifles, 28 grenades, 441 shells, 3118 cartridges of different calibre and other ammunition were found in Khankendi, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry reported. During the mentioned period, the police found 1 machine gun, 50 grenades, 7 fuses, 3 shells and 320 cartridges of different calibre in Shusha.
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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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