Azerbaijan joins CE human trafficking convention
Azerbaijan has joined the Council of Europe’s
convention on fighting human trafficking, according to a decision
passed at a Milli Majlis (parliament) session on Tuesday.
Ali Huseynov, the head of the parliamentary committee on legal policy and state building, recalled that the convention was adopted in 2005. He noted that though Baku is joining the document now, it has long been meeting the commitments it lays out. Azerbaijan has passed the Law on Combating Human Trafficking, and the Interior Ministry reports to parliament every year on the situation with human trafficking in the country.
Huseynov said Azerbaijan was joining the CE convention with special conditions. The first condition stipulates that it cannot guarantee their enforcement in its Armenia-occupied Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh region and seven adjacent Azerbaijani districts. Baku may ensure a complete implementation of the convention’s provisions only after occupation has ended and its consequences eliminated. Azerbaijan also states that the rights and obligations stemming from the convention will not apply with regard to Armenia.
Huseynov added that parliament is expected to further pass a law on domestic violence, and work on that law is underway.*
Ali Huseynov, the head of the parliamentary committee on legal policy and state building, recalled that the convention was adopted in 2005. He noted that though Baku is joining the document now, it has long been meeting the commitments it lays out. Azerbaijan has passed the Law on Combating Human Trafficking, and the Interior Ministry reports to parliament every year on the situation with human trafficking in the country.
Huseynov said Azerbaijan was joining the CE convention with special conditions. The first condition stipulates that it cannot guarantee their enforcement in its Armenia-occupied Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh region and seven adjacent Azerbaijani districts. Baku may ensure a complete implementation of the convention’s provisions only after occupation has ended and its consequences eliminated. Azerbaijan also states that the rights and obligations stemming from the convention will not apply with regard to Armenia.
Huseynov added that parliament is expected to further pass a law on domestic violence, and work on that law is underway.*
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