Statement by Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland:
“In a telephone conversation with President Aliyev of Azerbaidjan this morning, I expressed my deep concerns about the arrests of prominent human rights defenders in recent days.
We agreed that the joint Committee between the Presidential Administration and the representatives of civil society, established in 2005, and which worked until December 2008, will be re-convened and that a representative of the Council of Europe will be present in this Committee.
This meeting will take place as soon as possible and will be a good opportunity to go through the charges brought against the human rights defenders and to re-launch dialogue between the authorities and civil society”.
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Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe
Marija Pejčinović Burić is the 14th Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
The Secretary General has the overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Organisation. Ms Pejčinović Burić was elected in June 2019. Read more »
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