AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2019
Azerbaijan: 51 political prisoners released during Novruz celebrations
On 16 March 2019, 51 political prisoners were released from prison following a pardon issued by the President of Azerbaijan in relation to the...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMarch 2019
Meet your defender: Interview with Leyla Mustafayeva
Meet Leyla Mustafayeva, a journalist from Azerbaijan and the wife of investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli. Her husband was kidnapped in Georgia in May 2017...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMarch 2019
Meet your defender: Rasul Jafarov on human rights, his arrest and love for his...
Meet Rasul Jafarov, a lawyer and a leading human rights defender from #Azerbaijan. He is the first to tell his story for #meetyourdefender campaign.
https://youtu.be/rItz-7wXo1I
Rasul's...
AzerbaijanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2018
Key concerns and recommendations on the protection of fundamental rights in Azerbaijan
Since the previous EU-Azerbaijan human rights dialogue in October 2017, the political context and human rights situation have not improved in the country. The...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2018
Statement in Support of Azerbaijani Human Rights Lawyer Elchin Sadigov
Civil Rights Defenders and International Partnership for Human Rights are gravely concerned to hear of new disciplinary proceeding launched against the Azerbaijani human rights lawyer...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJuly 2018
Open letter: President Macron should urge release of prisoners of conscience at 20 July...
Emmanuel MACRON
Président de la République française
Palais de l'Elysée
55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris
Brussels, Baku,
18 July 2018
Dear President Macron,
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned at...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2018
Rights Reframed: Media advocacy mentorship program. Call for applications 2018
New Media Advocacy Project (NMAP) and the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) invite applications for a 10-month mentorship program "Rights Reframed" designed to...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
Civil society call on PACE to appoint a Rapporteur to examine the issue of...
Representatives of 42 international and national non-governmental organizations issue the appeal to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to request the...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2018
Justice under threat in Azerbaijan as Bar Association bans yet more independent lawyers
On 23 April 2018 the Azerbaijan Bar Association announced its decision to temporarily suspend the licenses of two prominent Azerbaijani lawyers - Asabali Mustafayev...
AzerbaijanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2018
Azerbaijan: Joint report to the UN Committee against Torture
The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD) have submitted a joint...