Azerbaijan
PROGRAMME DOCUMENTS
Results factsheet for the Partnership for Good Governance in Azerbaijan (March 2023)
Brochure of the Partnership for Good Governance programme in English
Brochure for the Quick Response Mechanism (QRM) in English
AZERBAIJAN COUNTRY-SPECIFIC PROJECTS
Fostering mediation in Azerbaijan
Project web page | Project factsheet: English - Azerbaijani
Preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence in Azerbaijan
Project web page | Project factsheet: English - Azerbaijani
Preventing and fighting economic crime in Azerbaijan
Project web page | Project factsheet: English - Azerbaijani
Promoting equality in Azerbaijan
Project web page | Project factsheet: English - Azerbaijani
REGIONAL PROJECTS
Promoting equality and non-discrimination: towards more resilient and inclusive societies
Project web page | Project factsheet: English - Armenian - Azerbaijani - Georgian - Romanian - Ukrainian
Strengthening measures to prevent and combat economic crime in the Eastern Partnership region
Project web page | Project factsheet: English - Armenian - Azerbaijani - Georgian - Romanian - Ukrainian
Women's Access to Justice: implementing Council of Europe’s gender equality and violence against women standards
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Information on Azerbaijan
Human Rights Commissioner
As part of his mandate, the Commissioner carries out visits to countries in order to monitor the human rights situation and pursue a dialogue with national authorities and civil societies.
Azerbaijan visit reports and documents
Fight against corruption
The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) monitors member states' compliance with the Council of Europe anti-corruption standards with the objective to improve the capacity of its members to fight corruption.
Fight against money laundering
The MONEYVAL committee of experts evaluates the effectiveness of domestic measures to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism in Council of Europe member states which are not members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Council of Europe member states which are members of MONEYVAL but subsequently become members of the FATF can elect to retain full membership of MONEYVAL. Applicant states for membership and other non-member states which are not members of the FATF may apply to join the terms of reference under certain conditions.
Democracy through Law
The European Commission for Democracy through Law - the Venice Commission - is an advisory body on constitutional matters which plays a leading role in the adoption of constitutions that conform to the standards of Europe's constitutional heritage
Documents concerning Azerbaijan
European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ)
The aim of the CEPEJ is the improvement of the efficiency and functioning of justice in the member States.
Country profile for Azerbaijan
Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)
This consultative body to the Committee of Ministers prepares opinions, promotes the implementation of the Recommendation on the Role of Public Prosecution in the Criminal Justice System (2000)19 and collects information about the functioning of prosecution services in Europe.
Country profile for Azerbaijan
Prevention of torture
The European Committee for the prevention of torture visits places of detention (for juvenile or immigration detainees, police stations, psychiatric hospitals) in order to assess how persons deprived of their liberty are treated.
Visits and reports for Azerbaijan
Fight against racism
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) is an independent monitoring body which provides member States with concrete and practical advice on how to tackle problems of racism and intolerance in their country.
ECRI conclusions and reports about Azerbaijan
Protection of minorities
The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities provides for a monitoring system to evaluate how the treaty is implemented in State Parties. An advisory Committee adopts recommendations to improve minority protection.
Gender equality
The Council of Europe’s pioneering work in the fields of human rights and gender equality has also resulted in solid standards which, if fully implemented, would and bring member states closer to real equality between women and men. Some of the milestone achievements in this respect include two conventions.
