The CPT and Azerbaijan
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee holds high-level talks in Azerbaijan
The talks, held on 2 April 2026, focused on the state of co-operation between the CPT and the Azerbaijani authorities, with particular attention to the implementation of the CPT’s long-standing recommendations concerning law enforcement agencies, as well as prisons and psychiatric establishments....
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) carries out a visit to Azerbaijan
The main objective of the visit was to examine the treatment and conditions of detention of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and persons accommodated in prison establishments. The delegation also examined the treatment, conditions and legal safeguards offered to persons...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee issues public statement on Azerbaijan
The reason behind this exceptional decision to make a public statement is the outright refusal of the Azerbaijani authorities to cooperate with the CPT. The Committee made genuine attempts to engage in a constructive dialogue with the Azerbaijani authorities to address matters that lie at the...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) carries out a visit to Azerbaijan
The main objective of the visit was to examine, in light of the recommendations made by the Committee after its previous visit in 2020, the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty by the police. To this end, the delegation visited several police establishments in Baku (namely the Temporary...
High-level talks: 02/04/2026
Periodic visit: 22/09/2025 - 03/10/2025
Public statement: 03/07/2024
- Public statement concerning Azerbaijan:
; in Azeri: [CPT/Inf (2024) 24] - News flash
Ad hoc visit: 12/12/2022 - 19/12/2022
- CPT report*: [CPT/Inf (2024) 23]
- Executive summary:
- Executive summary:
- Visit news flash
* The report was made public together with the public statement concerning Azerbaijan (see above)
Periodic visit: 11/12/2020 - 22/12/2020
- CPT report: not yet published
- Visit news flash
High-level talks: 31/05/2018 - 01/06/2018
Ad hoc visit: 23/10/2017 - 30/10/2017
- CPT report:
[CPT/Inf (2018) 37]
- Executive summary
- Executive summary
- Government response: [CPT/inf (2018) 38]
- Publication news flash
- Visit news flash
High-level talks: 16/02/2017 - 17/02/2017
Periodic visit: 29/03/2016 - 08/04/2016
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2018) 35]
- Executive summary
- Executive summary
- Government response: [CPT/inf (2018) 36]
- Publication news flash
- Visit news flash
Ad hoc visit: 15/06/2015 - 22/06/2015
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2018) 33]
- Executive summary
- Executive summary
- Government response: [CPT/inf (2018) 34]
- Publication news flash
- Visit news flash
Ad hoc visit: 19/11/2013 - 26/11/2013
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2018) 31]
- Government response: [CPT/inf (2018) 32]
- Publication news flash
- Visit news flash
Ad hoc visit: 13/12/2012 - 20/12/2012
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2018) 29]
- Government response: [CPT/inf (2018) 30]
- Publication news flash
- Visit news flash
Periodic visit: 05/12/2011 - 15/12/2011
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2018) 9]
- Government response: [CPT/inf (2018) 10]
- Visit news flash
Ad hoc visit: 08/12/2008 - 12/12/2008
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2009) 28]
- Government response: [CPT/inf (2009) 29]
- Publication news flash
Periodic visit: 20/11/2006 - 30/11/2006
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2017) 12]
- Publication news flash
- Government response: [CPT/Inf (2018) 28]
- Publication news flash
- Visit news flash
Ad hoc visit: 16/05/2005 - 20/05/2005
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2017) 11]
- Publication news flash
- Government response: [CPT/Inf (2018) 27]
- Publication news flash
- Visit news flash
Ad hoc visit: 11/01/2004 - 13/01/2004
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2018) 25]
- Government response: [CPT/inf (2018) 26]
- Publication news flash
- Visit news flash
Periodic visit: 24/11/2002 - 06/12/2002
- CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2004) 36]
- Government responses: [CPT/inf (2004) 37]
- Publication news flash
Preventing torture in Europe
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| Ratification of ECPT: | 2002 |
Visits carried out:
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14 6 8 |
| Reports adopted: | 13 |
| Reports published: | 12 |
| Automatic publication procedure: | No |
| Public Statement: | 1 |
