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.
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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. - Azerbaijan Human Rights House closed for 2 years
- HRHF’s intervention on 5 March 2013 at the United Nations Human Rights Council on harassment of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
- Human Rights House Network letter of 5 March 2013 to President Ilham Aliyev on the restrictions to freedom of association, including the closure of the Azerbaijan Human Rights House
- Human Rights House Network letter of 5 February 2013 to President Ilham Aliyev on the arrest of human rights defenders on 26 January 2013, including some of those who held a press conference at the Council of Europe on Wednesday 23 January 2013 and participated at the January 2013 session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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