Azerbaijan

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

07 Aug 2023

Special Procedures

UN experts urge Azerbaijan to lift Lachin corridor blockade and end humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh

24 Feb 2023

Treaty bodies

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-fourth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Bahrain, Costa Rica, Georgia, Hungary, Mauritania, Norway, Slovenia, and Tunisia, which were considered during the session.

09 Feb 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman and Sweden

03 Feb 2023

Treaty bodies

Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Second Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman and Sweden

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Latest statements & messages

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

06 Jun 2017

Multiple Mechanisms

Denial of access and lack of cooperation with UN bodies will not diminish scrutiny of a State's human rights record

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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

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

Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Azerbaijan

CRC/C/AZE/CO/3-4: Concluding observations

CRC/C/OPSC/AZE/CO/1: Concluding observations

Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 8, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

CAT/C/AZE/CO/3: Concluding observations

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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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