Amendment No. 14 | Doc. 13801 | 22 June 2015

The functioning of democratic institutions in Azerbaijan

Signatories: Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands, UEL ; Ms Lise CHRISTOFFERSEN, Norway, SOC ; Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Mr Pierre-Yves LE BORGN', France, SOC ; Mr Jacob LUND, Denmark, SOC ; Ms Carina OHLSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Mr Pieter OMTZIGT, Netherlands, EPP/CD ; Mr Luc RECORDON, Switzerland, SOC ; Ms Mailis REPS, Estonia, ALDE ; Ms Ingjerd SCHOU, Norway, EPP/CD ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE

Origin - 2015 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 10, replace the words ". The Assembly calls on authorities to end the systemic harassment of those critical of the government" with the following words:

", especially human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev; head of an election monitoring group Anar Mammadov; veteran activist Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus; founder of the "Sports for Rights" campaign Rasul Jafarov and journalists Khadija Ismayilova and Rauf Mirgadirov. The Assembly calls on the authorities to end the systemic harassment of those critical of the government and to release those wrongfully detained."

Explanatory note

Recent years have brought an intensified crackdown on fundamental human rights in Azerbaijan that has shocked even seasoned observers. PACE should make public the names of those who have visited the Council of Europe often in the past years and should co-operate extensively with the European Court of Human Rights, the Commissioner, the Secretary General, and PACE itself.