This briefing paper was prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) and the Human Rights Club (HRC). It provides an overview of current key issues with respect to freedom of association, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression and the media, the protection of the legal…
International Partnership for Human Rights, Global Diligence LLP, Truth Hounds and Human Rights Club hereby present their new report: “Azerbaijani government crackdown in Ganja: extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detention, unfair trials and unlawful restrictions on the freedom of assembly”. The aim of this report is to provide impartial documentation and analysis of the gross human rights violations perpetrated by Azerbaijani authorities in…
As a co-signatory of an open letter to the Presidium of the Azerbaijani Bar Association, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemns the disproportionate disciplinary measures taken against Azerbaijani human rights lawyer Shahla Humbatova. The letter, co-signed by prominent international human rights organisations Civil Rights Defenders, Freedom House, the International Partnership for Human Rights and Lawyers for Lawyers, calls for the Azerbaijani…
Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre carried out the long-term observation of the 23 December 2019 Municipal Elections in Azerbaijan covering all stages of the electoral process – nomination of candidates, campaigning, election day voting and vote counting processes. EMDS conducted the long-term observation in cooperation with 17 non-partisan observers while working with 125 observers…
New report by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Human Rights Club analyses the existing national legislative framework regulating the exercise of the right to freedom of religion and belief in Azerbaijan, and its compliance with international legal standards, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental…
Commissioner Dunja Mijatović and her team visited Azerbaijan from 8 to 12 July 2019. During the visit, the Commissioner held discussions with the Azerbaijani authorities, the Ombudsman, representatives of civil society and lawyers. This report focuses on several issues raised during the visit: the right to freedom of expression; recent developments concerning the situation of…
This year’s DocLisboa, which took place in the laid-back but rapidly gentrifying Portuguese capital from 17-27 October, had a slight, wistful but unmistakable valedictory air. After seven years at the helm, the widely-respected director of the non-fiction-oriented—but by no means documentary-only—festival, Cíntia Gil, was heading off to the challenging new pastures of Sheffield’s Doc/Fest. Her «number two,» Italian…
On 22nd November 2019, EIN held its quarterly civil society briefing, ahead of the 1362nd CM-DH meeting. Over 40 participants attended the briefing, including participants from 29 Permanent Representations to the Council of Europe, the EU representation to the Council of Europe, the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and other CoE staff members.…
APPEAL of Azerbaijani civil society activists and representatives to the UN Committee Against Torture and European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on the cases of politically motivated torture in Azerbaijan For the attention of: The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan The Commissioner…
On violations of freedom of assembly and the right not to be subjected to torture and ill treatment in rallies held on 19th and 20th October Statement of the Human Rights Club On October 19, the National Council of Opposition Democratic Forces held a protest in the center of Baku referring various political…
