Azerbaijani deputy PM regrets exclusion of some refugees from UN list

The Azerbaijani deputy prime minister regrets exclusion of some Azerbaijani refugees from the list of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCR). “Azerbaijan issues citizenship to refugees and internally displaced ...

Today a meeting of extraordinary session of National Assembly will take place

Today a meeting of extraordinary session of National Assembly will take place. At the meeting the law projects “About Commissioner on Human Rights (Ombudsman) of Azerbaijan Republic”, “About amendments in ...

Today is “A human rights day” in Azerbaijan

Today is “A human rights day” in Azerbaijan. In June 18, 1998 HeydarAliyev certified “state programme on protection of human rights”. Taking into account the acceptance of the programme and ...

Bruno Pueza: “Azerbaijan ombudsman has done crucial things to develop the conditions of human rights”

“7 year mandate of Azerbaijan ombudsman terminates. During these years, it has done a wide range of activities to boost up human rughts inAzerbaijan”. According to news of APA, UN ...

Head of OSCE Office in Baku issued a statement about proposed amendments to the Azerbaijani Law on NGOs

Head of OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Bilge Cankorel, issued a statement about proposed amendments to the Azerbaijani Law on nongovernmental organizations, the press service of the Office told APA. ...

UNESCO programme expert: “Azerbaijan takes an active part in the UNESCO projects on the participation of women in the political life of the society”

“Azerbaijan takes active part in the UNESCO projects on the participation of women in the political life of the society,” Alla Ampar, programme expert on Social and Humanitarian Sciences of ...

Farhad Badalbayli: The next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno Karabakh will be likely held in July

“We want the next meeting with Armenian community of Nagorno Karabakh to be held in the neutral area. This is very important for us and negotiations are being held now,” ...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees: “The sobering reality is that there are substantial gaps in our ability to provide the refugees with essentials”

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres issued a message to countries on World Refugee Day- June 20, UNHCR Office in Azerbaijan told APA. The message says: “This is a ...

UN: 2 061 refugees and 603 251 internally displaced people in Azerbaijan

There are 2 061 refugees and 603 251 displaced persons in Azerbaijan, said UN High Commission for Refugees said in its annual report. The number of people forcibly uprooted by ...

Iranian Guardian Council ‘s recalculation of votes not to significantly affect results of elections: experts

Despite the steps that Iran’s Guardian Council will take in connection with the recalculation of the votes in the presidential elections on June 12, they will not affect the results ...