Azerbaijan

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Overview

A Human Rights Adviser (HRA) is part of the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Azerbaijan. Read more >

News & Statements

Latest news

15 Aug 2024

Special Procedures

Azerbaijan: Expert concerned about prosecution of human rights defenders and journalists

13 Jun 2024

Treaty bodies

Examen de l’Azerbaïdjan au Comité contre la torture : les questions relatives aux conditions de détention et aux garanties de procédure sont au cœur du dialogue

10 May 2024

Treaty bodies

UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Austria, Azerbaijan, Finland, Honduras, Liechtenstein, and North Macedonia

15 Apr 2024

Treaty bodies

Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Ninth Session in Geneva and Re-Elects Claude Heller as its Chairperson

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Latest statements & messages

26 Sep 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Azerbaijan / Armenia - Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk

19 Sep 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Azerbaijan / Armenia: Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk

29 Sep 2020

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

11 Oct 2019

Special Procedures

Statement by Ms. Hilal Elver, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food on her visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan, 1-11 October 2019

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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/72/289: Human rights and cultural diversity - Report of the Secretary-General

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/43/44/Add.3: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food on her visit to Azerbaijan - Comments by the State

A/HRC/43/44/Add.1: Visit to Azerbaijan - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food

A/HRC/36/37/Add.1: Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on its mission to Azerbaijan - Note by the Secretariat

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CAT/C/AZE/CO/5: Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Azerbaijan

CRPD/C/AZE/CO/2-3: Concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of Azerbaijan

CRC/C/AZE/CO/5-6: Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Azerbaijan

CERD/C/AZE/CO/10-12: Concluding observations on the combined tenth to twelfth periodic reports of Azerbaijan

CEDAW/C/AZE/CO/6: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Azerbaijan

Concluding observations on the combined seventh to ninth periodic reports of Azerbaijan

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions Council of Europe

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Europe and Central Asia Section

Telephone: +41 22 917 9220
Email: [email protected]

 

In the Field

OHCHR Field Presence in the South Caucasus/Azerbaijan
Address: Winter Park Plaza, 4th floor
210, Mirza-Aga Aliyev Street,
Baku, AZ1024
Tel: +994 12 4970869
E-mail: [email protected]

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