141.101
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee all the rights of freed activists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.99
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Grant all asylum seekers access to the asylum system, by ensuring that the definition of refugees is compatible with article 1 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.96
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Facilitate the procedure of compulsory registration for minority communities and do not unnecessarily obstruct their religious freedom
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure that the secondary school attendance rate among girls in rural areas is raised to the commendably high level of attendance of girls in urban areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt without delay a national strategy for the prevention of gender- based violence, including domestic violence, and allocate the necessary resources for these policies to ensure their effectiveness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- National action plan
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure prompt, effective, independent and impartial investigations into all allegations of arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of human rights defenders, civil society activists and journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Detention
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Thoroughly investigate all allegations of torture and ill-treatment of detainees and hold perpetrators accountable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate allegations of arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders and journalists, and ensure that freedom of opinion and expression is not unduly restricted on grounds of extremism, defamation or “humiliation of honour”
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure effective, prompt and independent investigations of all cases of harassment and violence against journalists and human rights defenders and bring perpetrators to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Refrain from any undue interference in the work of lawyers and ensure the effective independence of the Bar Association of Azerbaijan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance the protection of journalists, human rights defenders and NGOs by removing undue restrictions to access foreign grants and amending NGO legislation, particularly regarding the registration, operation and funding of NGOs
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise all laws, regulations and practices concerning freedom of association, to bring them into full compliance with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all governmental authorities, in cooperation and consultation with the Bar Association and with lawyers themselves, take steps to ensure that lawyers are protected from intimidation and harassment or other improper interference in their work
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise restrictive NGO and grant legislation from early 2014 and bring it into line with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the Law on NGOs in order to promote the development of civil society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all defendants have access to appropriate legal representation, including by increasing the number of qualified lawyers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Justice
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that human rights lawyers are not disbarred for political reasons and remain entitled to represent clients in courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.66
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend laws restricting the activities of civil society, including the Code of Administrative Offences and the law on grants and amend the law on NGOs in order to simplify NGO registration and their access to funding
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all civil society organizations and activists can operate without undue hindrance or fear of persecution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Remove legislative and practical obstacles to the functioning of civil society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures to support the development of a vibrant civil society, in particular by simplifying the rules on the financing of NGOs
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End all interference in the work of lawyers through disbarment or other disciplinary measures on improper grounds such as expressing critical views
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Justice
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the full exercise of the rights to freedom of assembly, expression and association, also by improving the environment for NGOs to freely carry out their activities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bring administrative and legal practices regarding the freedom of assembly into line with article 49 of the Constitution and article 5 of the Law on Freedom of Assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure freedom of expression and the press, in particular by reviewing the Law on Defamation and ceasing the blocking of opposition sites
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize defamation, and include it in the Civil Code in accordance with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure freedom of expression and media freedom, including by promptly and thoroughly investigating all allegations of the torture and ill- treatment of journalists, human rights defenders and youth activists, and prosecute perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Youth rights
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the recent legislation that restricts freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and ensure a safe environment for journalists, activists and human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Immediately and unconditionally release all persons arbitrarily detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression, including Ilgar Mammadov, in order to respect the decision of the European Court of Human Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
141.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure full respect for freedom of expression in line with its international commitments, including by ensuring that all journalists may work freely and without fear of retribution, allowing foreign media broadcasts without undue restrictions, ensuring unfettered access to the country for journalists and ending the travel restrictions against independent journalists, NGO leaders and opposition members
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020