Baku's policy is not directed against any country, but at the same time 20 percent of the country is under occupation and Azerbaijan should be prepared to return its territories and restore the sovereignty, and it has every right for it, Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told journalists on Wednesday. "Azerbaijan's foreign policy has always been a multisectoral and balanced.

Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan(ACSDA) and Joint Working Group for the Implementation of International Human Rights Standards (JWG) will hold the International Conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Kholaly Genocide.

The traffic police have strengthened traffic safety due to snowfall in Azerbaijan, department chief of the State Traffic Police Office Kamran Aliyev told.

“The Azerbaijani side is fully committed to all its obligations as a full member of the Council of Europe”

Law on Defamation may be adopted this year.

In its decision in the case of "Chiragov and Others v. Armenia" the European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber, has by a majority declared the application admissible.

Draft agenda of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly drawn up by the Bureau of the Assembly on 12 December 2011.

The State Migration Service (SMS) received 48 250 applications from the foreigners and stateless persons during 11 months of this year.

The Azerbaijani parliament is discussing the draft law on “Military job and military service”.

Report on the children's rights situation, developed by the government of Azerbaijan, will be discussed at a session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on January 16 - 18, 2012.