National Documentation Packages (NDPs) are lists of public documents that provide information about conditions in specific countries. Updates occur periodically based on publicly available information. Countries with high volumes of claims may be updated more frequently. In periods of rapid change and/or uncertainty, updates may be delayed to build a body of relevant information.
NDPs support the refugee determination process. They do not imply recognition of a particular territory's sovereignty or political status.
NDPs include Responses to Information Requests (RIRs) published by the IRB on its website. RIRs may have attachments that are not available online. To obtain a copy of any such attachment, please
email us.
Jurisprudential Guides Notes
Jurisprudential Guides Notes
On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide:
-
Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
On
December 22, 2020, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
-
Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
On
July 6, 2018, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
-
Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
Revoked
The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
On
July 20, 2017, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being
Jurisprudential Guides.
-
Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
-
Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
Revoked
-
Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
Revoked
The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 20, 2017.
Back
30 June 2023
AZERBAIJAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
1 September 2014
Accessed Date:
17 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaïdjan. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
8 July 2016
Title:
Azerbaijan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
20 June 2023
Accessed Date:
22 June 2023
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Azerbaijan
Date of Document:
24 November 2021
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Situation générale. Azerbaïdjan. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
9 March 2022
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan: The situation for regime critics
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
13 October 2017
Accessed Date:
15 June 2020
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : droit pénal en matière de corruption
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 February 2017
Accessed Date:
15 June 2020
Title:
Azerbaijan. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Présentation de l'Azerbaïdjan
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
7 December 2021
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Averting a New War between Armenia and Azerbaijian. Europe Report N°266.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 January 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan: Pre-existing situation and impact of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
21 December 2020
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Azerbaijan and Armenia: Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
20 November 2020
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A visual Explainer
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
30 May 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : La situation des personnes handicapées
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 August 2020
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Country of Origin Information Report Azerbaijan
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
In the Line of Fire: Civilian casualties from unlawful strikes in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 January 2021
Accessed Date:
8 June 2021
Title:
Social and economic rights in Azerbaijan
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
July 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
8 May 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan. World Report 2023: Events of 2022.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan. Freedom in the World 2023.
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Azerbaijan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/AZE/1
Date of Document:
16 February 2018
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Azerbaijan. Nations in Transit 2022.
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Compilation on Azerbaijan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/AZE/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 March 2018
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders on his mission to Azerbaijan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
20 February 2017
Accessed Date:
18 July 2017
Title:
Nagorno-Karabakh. Freedom in the World 2023.
Accessed Date:
15 June 2023
Title:
Harassed, Imprisoned, Exiled: Azerbaijan's Continuing Crackdown on Government Critics, Lawyers, and Civil Society
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 October 2016
Author:
Giorgi Gogia et al.
Accessed Date:
18 July 2017
Title:
III. Démocratie et droits de l'homme: pour une approche équilibrée encourageant l'ouverture de l'Azerbaïdjan. Rapport d'information déposé en application de l'article 145 du règlement.
Source:
France. Assemblée nationale.
Date of Document:
15 February 2017
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
Title:
Honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan. Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their fact-finding visit to Baku (4-6 July 2019).
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
30 September 2019
Author:
Stefan Schennach; Roger Gale
Accessed Date:
15 June 2020
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Azerbaijan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/AZE/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 March 2018
Accessed Date:
24 July 2019
Title:
Report to the Azerbaijani Government on the visit to Azerbaijan carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 23 to 30 October 2017
Source:
Council of Europe
Date of Document:
18 July 2018
Accessed Date:
24 July 2019
Title:
Response of the Azerbaijani Government to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Azerbaijan from 23 to 30 October 2017
Date of Document:
18 July 2018
Accessed Date:
24 July 2019
Title:
Azerbaijan: Armenian POWs Abused in Custody
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 March 2021
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan: Crackdown on Critics Amid Pandemic
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 April 2020
Accessed Date:
8 June 2021
Title:
Azerbaijan: latest police violence against peaceful protestors
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Hardship in Nagorno-Karabakh as Lifeline Road Remains Blocked
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 February 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan: Blockade of Lachin corridor putting thousands of lives in peril must be immediately lifted
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
The Law of the Azerbaijan Republic on Citizenship of the Azerbaijan Republic (amended 2014)
Accessed Date:
25 June 2015
Title:
Biometric passports, including issuance procedures within the country and abroad
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 June 2014
Accessed Date:
26 June 2014
Title:
Law of the Azerbaijan Republic on identification document of citizen of the Azerbaijan Republic (amended 2006)
Accessed Date:
24 June 2014
Title:
Azerbaijan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
22 June 2023
Title:
Requirements and procedures for individuals born in the country in the late 1970s to obtain citizenship, if they departed the country in the early 1990s (2015-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 November 2016
Accessed Date:
17 July 2017
Title:
Whether individuals are required to replace identity documents that include an address, such as identity cards, driver licenses, military cards, and work books, after a change of address; consequences for not replacing these documents (2017-February 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 February 2018
Accessed Date:
30 July 2018
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Azerbaijan
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
24 July 2019
Title:
Amendments made to law “On identity card of citizen of Republic of Azerbaijan”
Date of Document:
8 February 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Azerbaijan. Election for President of 11 April 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Republic of Azerbaijan. Election for Milli Məclis (Azerbaijani National Assembly) of 9 February 2020.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Title:
Problematic International Observation of the Azerbaijani 2020 Parliamentary Elections
Source:
European Platform for Democratic Elections
Date of Document:
6 April 2020
Author:
Anton Shekhovtsov
Accessed Date:
15 June 2020
Title:
Information on the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), including its membership, structure, activities, involvement in demonstrations prior to and after the elections of 1 November 2015, including police and government response; treatment of members by the police and by government (January 2015-May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 May 2016
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Title:
Final Report of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDS) on the results of the monitoring of the extraordinary Presidential elections held on April 11, 2018 in Republic of Azerbaijan
Source:
Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre
Date of Document:
18 February 2019
Accessed Date:
24 July 2019
Title:
The Republican Alternative (REAL or ReAl) Party, including leadership, activities, and membership; treatment of members by authorities (2016-November 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 November 2018
Accessed Date:
22 July 2019
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : Situation de l'opposition politique
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 April 2020
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
27 September 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
The Future Azerbaijan Party (FAP), including leadership, activities, and office locations; information on membership cards, including description and designated signing authority; treatment of members by authorities (2014-March 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 March 2017
Accessed Date:
18 July 2017
Title:
Whether the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP) provides membership documents, including identification cards and letters; appearance of such documents (2015-January 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 January 2017
Accessed Date:
18 July 2017
Title:
List of Political Prisoners on 27 February 2023
Source:
Union for the Freedom for Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan: End brutal crackdown on opposition activists
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 August 2020
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Title:
Republic of Azerbaijan: Early Parliamentary Elections, 9 February 2020: ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
17 July 2020
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : le parti politique Müsavat
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 April 2021
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : La République autonome de Talysh-Mougan et les mouvements nationalises talysh
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 February 2021
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijani political parties struggle amid new restrictive law
Date of Document:
27 January 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan Law ON Political Parties
Source:
European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission)
Date of Document:
20 February 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Azerbaijan. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
17 February 2021
Title:
The Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Prevention of Domestic Violence
Accessed Date:
2 November 2012
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Azerbaijan under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2019
Date of Document:
31 October 2019
Accessed Date:
9 June 2021
Title:
Azerbaijan. WAVE Country Report 2021: Women's Specialist Support Services in Europe and the impact of COVID-19 on their provision.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : Les mutilations sexuelles féminines (MSF)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 February 2021
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Azerbaijan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 December 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan: Gender-based reprisals against women must stop
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
The Politicization of Domestic Violence in Azerbaijan
Source:
The Illiberalism Studies Program
Date of Document:
26 April 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Information submitted by the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan with regard to the report of the Special Raporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences.
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Gap analysis of the legislative and policy framework in the field of violence against women and domestic violence in Azerbaijan in line with Council of Europe and other international standards
Source:
European Union and Council of Europe
Date of Document:
June 2022
Author:
Joanna Evans; Mar Hermosilla Sierra
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
In Azerbaijan, domestic violence activists are becoming the targets
Date of Document:
21 April 2022
Author:
Arzu Geybullayeva
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2023.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan: Anti-Gay Crackdown
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 October 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Azerbaijan. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Alleged Violations of the Rights of LGBTI People in the Southern Caucasus
Source:
Parliamentary Assembly. Council of Europe.
Date of Document:
10 January 2022
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
“Unfit for military service”: How Azerbaijan stigmatizes LGBTQ+ military personnel
Date of Document:
26 November 2021
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Azerbaijan: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 July 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Azerbaijan.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
7 October 2021
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. Fifth Round of Monitoring: Anti-Corruption Reforms in Azerbaijan.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Date of Document:
30 May 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Fourth evaluation round: Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. Second compliance report: Azerbaijan.
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
18 June 2019
Accessed Date:
15 June 2020
Title:
Azerbaijan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan Corruption Report
Source:
GAN Integrity. Risk and Compliance Portal.
Date of Document:
5 November 2020
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Compulsory military service, including requirements and exemptions; penalties for evasion or desertion (2011-May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 June 2016
Accessed Date:
26 July 2016
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : La mobilisation partielle de la réserve en Azerbaïdjan lors du conflit de septembre-octobre 2020
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 October 2020
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Explanatory memorandum by Mr Stefan Schennach and Mr Cezar Florin Preda, co-rapporteurs. The functioning of democratic institutions in Azerbaijan.
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
25 September 2017
Accessed Date:
30 July 2019
Title:
Explanatory memorandum by Mr Stefan Schennach and Mr Cezar Preda, co-rapporteurs. The functioning of democratic institutions in Azerbaijan. Addendum to the report.
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
10 October 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Fifth periodic report submitted by Azerbaijan under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the simplified reporting procedure, due in 2019
Date of Document:
18 May 2020
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Title:
Azerbaijani government crackdown in Ganja: extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detention, unfair trials and unlawful restrictions on the freedom of assembly
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
9 June 2021
Title:
Update: A Guide to the Republic of Azerbaijan Law and Research
Date of Document:
October 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Visit to Azerbaijan on execution of ECHR judgments
Source:
Council of Europe. Department of Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Date of Document:
27 October 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on its mission to Azerbaijan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
2 August 2017
Accessed Date:
10 June 2020
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Azerbaijan. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
22 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan. Country Profile.
Source:
Azerbaijan; Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. POLIS.
Accessed Date:
22 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaïdjan: Le régiment de police anti-émeute
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
31 August 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan passes new “Law on Media”
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
5 January 2022
Accessed Date:
2 June 2022
Title:
Joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Azerbaijan by ARTICLE 19, Freedom Now, Index on Censorship, Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety, International Media Support, PEN International and Reporters without Borders
Source:
Article 19 et al.
Date of Document:
9 October 2017
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Azerbaijan. Freedom on the Net 2022.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : Entraves et atteintes à la liberté d'expression. La situation des blogueurs, notamment.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
31 January 2020
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Title:
Azerbaijan. Vibrant Information Barometer 2022.
Source:
International Research and Exchanges Board
Editor:
Linda Trail et al.
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Attacks on journalists, bloggers and media workers in 2021: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Source:
Justice for Journalists Foundation
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Pulling the plug: How Azerbaijan's government combines technology and fear to control the internet
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
7 September 2021
Accessed Date:
17 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaïdjan: Le site Azad Xeber (ou Azed Xəbər, Azad Khabar)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 August 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan - Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on the Law on Media, adopted by the Venice Commission at its 131st Plenary Session (Venice, 17-18 June 2022)
Source:
European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission)
Date of Document:
20 June 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2022 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2022
Accessed Date:
17 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : La liberté religieuse. Législation, pratique, groupes illégaux.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 July 2020
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Title:
Country Update: Azerbaijan. Stalled Progress in Azerbaijan.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2021
Title:
Freedom of religion and belief in Azerbaijan. Assessment of national legislation and its application.
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights; Human Rights Club
Date of Document:
17 December 2019
Accessed Date:
2 June 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Azerbaijan. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
9 July 2019
Title:
Query response on Azerbaijan: Information about the Talysh community (rights and treatment)
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
16 May 2017
Accessed Date:
27 July 2017
Title:
Azerbaïdjan/ Fédération de Russie : La diaspora
tchétchène en Azerbaïdjan
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 April 2020
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Title:
Fifth Periodic Report of the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities of the Council of Europe
Code:
ACFC/SR/V (2022)004
Date of Document:
17 October 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Law of the Azerbaijan Republic about exit from the Country, entry into the Country, and about Passports (amended 2007)
Accessed Date:
20 July 2017
Title:
Readmission, return and reintegration: Legal framework in the Republic of Azerbaijan
Source:
European University Institute. Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.
Date of Document:
June 2013
Accessed Date:
20 July 2017
Title:
Security procedures prior to boarding an international flight; whether authorities require a list of passengers for international flights (2015-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 September 2017
Accessed Date:
30 July 2018
Title:
Exit procedures and documents required for citizens leaving the country; whether passports are scanned and interviews are conducted by customs officials; whether persons wanted by authorities are able to leave the country legally or without...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 June 2017
Accessed Date:
27 April 2018
Title:
Azerbaijan: “Life in a box”: Older people's experiences of displacement and prospects for return in Azerbaijan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 May 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 June 2022:
Title:
Azerbaijan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
15 June 2022
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/azerbaijan/
Accessed Date:
17 June 2022
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Azerbaijan
Date of Document:
5 February 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/HRI/CORE/AZE/2018
Accessed Date:
12 July 2018
Title:
Azerbaijan. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
3 June 2021
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/azerbaijan
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/azerbaijan
Accessed Date:
27 April 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/fr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/POL1048702022ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. World Report 2022: Events of 2021.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/azerbaijan
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Freedom in the World 2022.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/azerbaijan/freedom-world/2022
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Nations in Transit 2021.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/azerbaijan/nations-transit/2021
Accessed Date:
8 June 2021
Title:
Nagorno-Karabakh. Freedom in the World 2022.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/nagorno-karabakh/freedom-world/2022
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Azerbaijan.html
Accessed Date:
17 June 2022
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
26 January 2022
URL:
https://www.europeanforum.net/countries/azerbaijan
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2022.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
10 February 2022
URL:
https://www.ilga-europe.org/files/uploads/2022/04/annual-review-2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-trafficking-in-persons-report/azerbaijan/
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2020/azerbaijan/
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan Corruption Report
Source:
GAN Integrity. Risk and Compliance Portal.
Date of Document:
July 2020
URL:
https://www.ganintegrity.com/portal/country-profiles/azerbaijan/
Accessed Date:
9 June 2021
Title:
Update: A Guide to the Republic of Azerbaijan Law and Research
Date of Document:
August 2017
URL:
https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Azerbaijan1.html
Accessed Date:
2 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/azerbaijan
Accessed Date:
17 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Country Profile.
Source:
Azerbaijan; Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. POLIS.
URL:
https://polis.osce.org/country-profiles/azerbaijan#
Accessed Date:
2 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Freedom on the Net 2021.
Editor:
Elisha Aaron et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/azerbaijan/freedom-net/2021
Accessed Date:
2 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. Vibrant Information Barometer 2021.
Source:
International Research and Exchanges Board
Editor:
Linda Trail et al.
URL:
https://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/pdf/vibe-azerbaijan-2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/azerbaijan/
Accessed Date:
17 June 2022
Title:
Post-war Prospects for Nagorno-Karabakh. Europe Report N°264.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
9 June 2021
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/caucasus/nagorno-karabakh-conflict/264-post-war-prospects-nagorno-karabakh
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
COI Chronology. Armenia, Azerbaijan: The course of the Nagorno-Karabakh armed conflict and its impact on the civilian population.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
10 November 2020
URL:
https://coi.easo.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2020_11_Chronology_Armenia_Azerbaijan_Nagorno_Karabakh_armed_conflict_impact_civilian_population.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Azerbaïdjan : Le conflit du Haut-Karabakh du 27 septembre au 10 novembre 2020
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
22 December 2020
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2012_aze_haut_karabakh_2020_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Azerbaijan: Armenian Prisoners of War Badly Mistreated
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 December 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/02/azerbaijan-armenian-prisoners-war-badly-mistreated
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
List of Political Prisoners on 5 April 2021
Source:
Union for the Freedom for Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan
Date of Document:
5 April 2021
URL:
https://www.ipd-az.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/5April2021PoliPrison.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2021
Title:
Azerbaijan. 2020 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
29 September 2021
URL:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/azerbaijan
Accessed Date:
1 June 2022
Title:
Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. Fourth Round of Monitoring: Azerbaijan Progress Update Report.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Date of Document:
21 March 2019
URL:
https://www.oecd.org/corruption/acn/OECD-ACN-Azerbaijan-Progress-Update-2019-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Title:
Joint statement regarding the non-implementation of ECHR judgments against Azerbaijan in politically motivated prosecution cases
Source:
Amnesty International et al.
Date of Document:
10 November 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/EUR5533512020ENGLISH.PDF
Accessed Date:
10 February 2021
Title:
Stakeholder Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee in Advance of Its Adoption of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Azerbaijan (133rd Session, 11 October 2021 - 5 November 2021)
Source:
Justice for Journalists Foundation; Khaled Aghaly
Date of Document:
12 August 2021
URL:
https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/AZE/INT_CCPR_ICS_AZE_46469_E.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 June 2022
Title:
Averting a New War between Armenia and Azerbaijian. Europe Report N°266.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 January 2023
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/caucasus/nagorno-karabakh-conflict/266-averting-new-war-between-armenia-and-azerbaijan
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A visual Explainer
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
30 May 2023
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/content/nagorno-karabakh-conflict-visual-explainer
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Social and economic rights in Azerbaijan
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
July 2022
URL:
https://www.iphronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Azerbaijan-report-edu-final.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan: Armenian POWs Abused in Custody
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 March 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/19/azerbaijan-armenian-pows-abused-custody
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Hardship in Nagorno-Karabakh as Lifeline Road Remains Blocked
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 February 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/21/hardship-nagorno-karabakh-lifeline-road-remains-blocked
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan: Blockade of Lachin corridor putting thousands of lives in peril must be immediately lifted
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/02/azerbaijan-blockade-of-lachin-corridor-putting-thousands-of-lives-in-peril-must-be-immediately-lifted/
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Amendments made to law “On identity card of citizen of Republic of Azerbaijan”
Date of Document:
8 February 2023
URL:
https://www.azernews.az/nation/206121.html
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
List of Political Prisoners on 27 February 2023
Source:
Union for the Freedom for Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
URL:
https://www.ipd-az.org/political-prisoners-for-23-february-2023/
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijani political parties struggle amid new restrictive law
Date of Document:
27 January 2023
URL:
https://eurasianet.org/azerbaijani-political-parties-struggle-amid-new-restrictive-law
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan Law ON Political Parties
Source:
European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission)
Date of Document:
20 February 2023
URL:
https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-REF(2023)012-e
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Azerbaijan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 December 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2022/12/Human%20Rights%20Watch%20Submission%20to%20the%20Committee%20on%20the%20Rights%20of%20the%20Child%20Review%20of%20Azerbaijan.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
The Politicization of Domestic Violence in Azerbaijan
Source:
The Illiberalism Studies Program
Date of Document:
26 April 2022
URL:
https://www.illiberalism.org/the-politicization-of-domestic-violence-in-azerbaijan/
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Information submitted by the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan with regard to the report of the Special Raporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences.
URL:
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Azerbaijan.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Gap analysis of the legislative and policy framework in the field of violence against women and domestic violence in Azerbaijan in line with Council of Europe and other international standards
Source:
European Union and Council of Europe
Date of Document:
June 2022
Author:
Joanna Evans; Mar Hermosilla Sierra
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/gap-analysis-of-the-legislative-and-policy-framework-in-the-field-of-v/1680a81636
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
In Azerbaijan, domestic violence activists are becoming the targets
Date of Document:
21 April 2022
Author:
Arzu Geybullayeva
URL:
https://globalvoices.org/2022/04/21/in-azerbaijan-domestic-violence-activists-are-becoming-the-targets/
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
“Unfit for military service”: How Azerbaijan stigmatizes LGBTQ+ military personnel
Date of Document:
26 November 2021
URL:
https://globalvoices.org/2021/11/26/unfit-for-military-service-how-azerbaijan-stigmatizes-lgbtq-military-personnel/
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. Fifth Round of Monitoring: Anti-Corruption Reforms in Azerbaijan.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Date of Document:
30 May 2022
URL:
https://www.oecd.org/corruption/anti-bribery/corruption/acn/anti-corruption-reforms-in-azerbaijan-3ae2406b-en.htm
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Visit to Azerbaijan on execution of ECHR judgments
Source:
Council of Europe. Department of Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Date of Document:
27 October 2022
URL:
https://www.coe.int/en/web/execution/-/visit-to-azerbaijan-on-execution-of-echr-judgments
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaïdjan: Le régiment de police anti-émeute
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
31 August 2022
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2208_aze_forces_speciales_de_police_156921.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Attacks on journalists, bloggers and media workers in 2021: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Source:
Justice for Journalists Foundation
URL:
https://jfj.fund/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ENG-JFJ-country-report-2022-Az-and-CA.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaïdjan: Le site Azad Xeber (ou Azed Xəbər, Azad Khabar)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 August 2022
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2208_aze_azad_xeber_156460_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan - Joint Opinion of the Venice Commission and the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law (DGI) of the Council of Europe on the Law on Media, adopted by the Venice Commission at its 131st Plenary Session (Venice, 17-18 June 2022)
Source:
European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission)
Date of Document:
20 June 2022
URL:
https://venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-AD(2022)009-e
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Fifth Periodic Report of the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities of the Council of Europe
Code:
ACFC/SR/V (2022)004
Date of Document:
17 October 2022
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/5th-sr-azerbaijan-en/1680a8bfc1
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Azerbaijan: “Life in a box”: Older people's experiences of displacement and prospects for return in Azerbaijan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 May 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur55/5215/2022/en/
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Disclaimer
National Documentation Packages (NDPs) include country-of-origin information that is publicly accessible at the time of publication and available within time constraints. While the Research Directorate strives to maintain the
NDP with current information, the research is not exhaustive and country conditions can change rapidly. Members of the public are invited to
suggest documents they feel are relevant to the
NDP.
NDPs are not, and do not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. Rather, they are intended to support the refugee determination process. The assessment and weight to be given to the information in the
NDPs are the responsibility of independent
IRB members (decision-makers) after considering the evidence and arguments presented by the parties.
All sources are fully cited, including a hyperlink, to facilitate the location of the information. The
IRB will attempt to ensure that these links are maintained for the most recent
NDP. It cannot guarantee or be responsible for:
- the functionality of links to external sources,
- the content accessed by these links,
- the availability of external content in both English and French,
- any other part of a third party website.
The information presented in
NDPs solely reflects the views and perspectives of the sources cited and does not necessarily reflect the position of the
IRB or the Government of Canada.