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Azerbaijan releases youth activist
June 4, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
The Supreme Court in Azerbaijan on Monday ordered that youth activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev be released nine months early on the condition that he remain in the country. Hajiyev, a conscientious objector (CO), was imprisoned last March after he failed to register for mandatory military service..... [more]
The Need for Greater Protection of Property Rights in Azerbaijan
May 1, 2012 by Elizabeth Hand
JURIST Guest Columnist Leyla Safarova, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the fifth entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Safarova explores property law in Azerbaijan, arguing that.... [more]
Rights groups condemn violence against Azerbaijan journalist
April 19, 2012 by Saheli Chakrabarty
Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) urged Azerbaijani authorities on Tuesday to conduct an investigation into the violent attack by police and security personnel against journalist Idrak Abbasov. Abbasov was beaten.... [more]
A Call for Reform: Azerbaijan's Repression of Controversial Lawyers
November 3, 2011 by Megan McKee
JURIST Senior Editor Sarah Paulsworth, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, is a Boren Fellow and has lived and worked in Azerbaijan. She writes about the impermissible pressure Azerbaijan's Lawyers' Collegium exerts on independent lawyers who defend dissidents, human rights.... [more]
UN elected founding members of Human Rights Council [this day at law]
May 9, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On May 9, 2006, the UN General Assembly elected 47 member states to seats on the newly created UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The US chose not to run for election to the body, sparking speculation that alleged abuses stemming from the "war on terror" would have prevented them from being.... [more]
AZERBAIJAN: Detention of Youth Activist Highlights Failure to Provide Alternative to Military Service
March 30, 2011 by Joseph Schaeffer
Sarah Paulsworth, University of Pittsburgh School of Law '12, writes about the absence of alternative military service in Azerbaijan and of protections afforded to conscientious objectors (COs) under international law...
The Imprisoned Activist and condition of CO's in Azerbaijan
On March 4, 2011.... [more]
Azerbaijan parliament approved presidential term limit referendum [this day at law]
December 26, 2010 by Dwyer Arce
On December 26, 2008, the parliament of Azerbaijan, the Milli Majlis, voted 100-7 to conduct a referendum on whether to amend the constitution to remove presidential term limits. The constitution then allowed only two terms in office, which would bring the administration of President Ilham Aliyev.... [more]
Failure to release convicted Azeri journalist violates ECHR order: HRW
November 14, 2010 by Dwyer Arce
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday criticized the Azerbaijani Supreme Court for failing to order the release of imprisoned journalist Enyulla Fatullayev in violation of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). On Thursday, the Supreme Court vacated Fatullayev's convictions for.... [more]
Azerbaijan court partially overturns journalist's convictions
November 12, 2010 by Daniel Makosky
The Azerbaijani Supreme Court on Thursday partially overturned the convictions of imprisoned Azeri journalist Enyulla Fatullayev. The court vacated Fatullayev's convictions for committing defamation and inciting terror and ethnic hatred and ruled that his sentence for tax evasion is complete. The.... [more]
HRW urges Azerbaijan to end arrests, attacks on journalists
October 26, 2010 by Sarah Paulsworth
The Republic of Azerbaijan must free its imprisoned journalists and repeal its criminal defamation laws, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Tuesday. In its 94-page report, entitled "Beaten, Blacklisted, and Behind Bars: The Vanishing Space for Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan,".... [more]
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