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Azerbaijan UPR advocacy

In preparation of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) is organising advocacy days in Geneva, in connection with the UPR pre-session.

Published: March 22, 2013 Author: Anna Innocenti

When: Monday, 25. March 2013
To: Wednesday, 27. March 2013
Where: Geneva
Host: Human Rights House Foundation
Contact: Anna Innocenti (anna.innocenti@humanrightshouse.org / +41 22 33 22 556)

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety, the Legal Education Society, and the Human Rights Club will be in Geneva from 25 to 27 March 2013. The Azerbaijani human rights defenders will be meeting with various permanent missions in Geneva from Africa, Latin America, North America, Eastern Europe and Western Europe.

In addition, those NGOs will also participate in UPR-Info‘s UPR pre-session. The purpose of these pre-sessions is to meet several delegations at once and brief them about the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. The permanent mission of Azerbaijan is also welcome to participate in the pre-session.

Documents:

UPR-Info pre-session

Description of UPR-Info’s pre-sessions organised from 25 to 28 March 2013 on the following countries: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Germany, Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tuvalu.

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