Azerbaijan: Human Rights
Commons · Question 4730 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Chris Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help safeguard human rights defenders in Azerbaijan (a) before, (b) during and (c) after COP29.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 17 Sep 2024
Along with our international partners, we continue to urge Azerbaijan to improve human rights protections for all its citizens. Azerbaijan's hosting of COP29 in November provides the country with an opportunity to demonstrate meaningful action in this reg...