Thursday, November 05, 2015
2:00pm
311 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC
United StatesTitle
The Rule of Law and Civil Society in Azerbaijan
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Members:
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Robert Aderholt
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Commissioner
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Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Staff:
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Shelly Han
Title Text:
Policy Advisor for Economics, Environment, Technology and Trade
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
This briefing discussed the current state of democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan following the 2015 parlimentary election. Ambassador Morningstar, who was the U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2012 until 2014, recommended that the United States focus on building trust and opportunites for cooperation with the Azerbaijani government, in order to have leverage to encourage respect for human rights. Natalia Bourjaily spoke about the increasing number of legal restrictions on foriegn NGOs in Azerbaijan and Dinara Yunus discussed the conditions under which her parents, Azeri human rights activists, were held.
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