Standards and requirements for citizens in their relation to minors have been toughened. Today's plenary session of the Parliament amended the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan Republic and the law "On Combating People Trafficking."
According to Ali Huseynli, the chairman of the Committee on Legal Policy and State Building of the Milli Mejlis, forced children under the age of majority to labor, is recognized as one of the types of trafficking, and is punishable by 12 years in prison.
Detain, concealment, transportation and transference of minors for the purpose of exploitation will be qualified as trafficking. The same type of crime is also unlawful removal of human organs and biomedical experiments. These innovations have been made to Article 144 of the Criminal Code and provide for penalties ranging from four to 12 years in prison.
For document fraud (presumably with a view to their forced use) the guilty will be punished from one to three years in prison. Similar sanctions will be applied against those who supply traffickers with false documents. -17D—
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On November 12, the summit of world leaders commenced at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku. According to "Euronews," citing sources from the UN, the event is attended by around 100 heads of state.
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On Wednesday, rain is expected in the capital during the night and morning hours. The northeast wind will change to the southeast in the afternoon. The air temperature at night will be +7 to +9°C, and during the day, it will reach +10 to +12°C. Humidity will be 70-75% at night, and 60-65% during the day.
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Amid the bustling scenes of this year’s COP29 climate conference, a protest against whaling and deep-sea mining, organized by a group calling itself the FINS Initiative, drew significant attention from delegates and observers. However, questions have arisen about the legitimacy of the group, as an internet search yields little evidence of its existence beyond scattered mentions.
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In the last two days, a "news" story appeared on TikTok about a whale spotted on Baku's seaside boulevard. The most "observant" users posted videos, commenting on the size of the animal. Later, other "witnesses" claimed it wasn't a whale, but a shark. Even later, a version emerged suggesting it was a submarine.
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