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Azerbaijan

Regional group:

Eastern European Group (EEG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Council Bureau membership:	Vice-president (2008, 2009)
Coordinator of regional group:	1 (2016)
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2024) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2018, 2019) Member of Working Group on Situations (2017)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	B

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Promoting human rights and SDGs through transparent, accountable, and efficient public services delivery; Promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Consideration of the elaboration of a draft declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of African descent; Missing persons; Protection of cultural rights and property in situations of armed conflict; Promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000).

Voting record

After it first became a member of the Council in 2006, Azerbaijan joined consensus on most resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention). Where a vote was called, Azerbaijan voted against a resolution on the situation in Sudan (2009), and abstained on two resolutions on the situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Azerbaijan either joined consensus or supported all resolutions tabled under item 7 (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Azerbaijan either joined consensus or voted in favour of almost all resolutions. Resolutions in voted in favour of include: the right to peace; defamation of religions; torture; complementary standards to CERD; and preparations for the Durban Review Conference. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, the Azerbaijan either joined consensus on or voted in favour of all texts. Resolutions in voted in favour of include: the effects of economic reform policies on human rights; unilateral coercive measures; the impacts of globalisation on human rights; international solidarity; and foreign debt.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

134

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

101

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
WG on mercenaries, 2008

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

ICCPR
3 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2013, 2018)

Mid-term report

1st, 2nd & 3rd cycles

Level of delegation

Deputy Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 99 / 192

2^nd cycle: 87 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2024)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 11

Azerbaijan presented voluntary pledges and commitments in support of its candidature for membership on the Council for the period of 2006-2009 on 8 April 2006.

Azerbaijan pledged to: ratify OP-CAT; ratify the Council of Europe Convention on action against trafficking in human beings; continue its close cooperation with OHCHR; maintain cooperation with Special Procedures and facilitate the visit of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression; continue cooperation with the Treaty Bodies; work to mainstream gender into domestic development programmes; actively contribute to the work of the Human Rights Council; work to strengthen and rationalise the system of Special Procedures; participate in discussions on the reform of the Treaty Body system; and provide financial support to relevant parts of the UN human rights system.

An analysis of steps taken by Azerbaijan in fulfilment of its international level commitments shows that it did indeed ratify OP-CAT (in 2009) and the Council of Europe Convention on action against trafficking in human beings (in 2010). In terms of cooperation with Treaty Bodies, Azerbaijan is Party to nearly all of the core human rights treaties, but has a mixed record in terms of submitting periodic reports in a timely manner. In terms of Special Procedures cooperation, Azerbaijan maintains a Standing Invitation, has facilitated most visit requests and has responded to the majority of communications received.

Azerbaijan

Eastern European Group (EEG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 99 / 192

2nd cycle: 87 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 11

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 99 / 192

2^nd cycle: 87 / 192