Azerbaijan
Aliyev announces that Azerbaijan will no longer consider ECHR decisions valid
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev cited the inability for Azerbaijan to elect judges to the court as the reason for the decision.
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Georgia
PACE passes critical resolution on Georgia, again
The document stated that the Georgian authorities have not implemented a single recommendation from the previous resolution.
Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict
CoE Human Rights Commissioner O’Flaherty highlights plight of Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan
Michael O’Flaherty’s comments came as part of his first annual report to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Georgia’s EU U-turn
Georgia suspends participation in Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
It came after the body voted to accept the Georgian delegation’s credentials on the condition new parliamentary elections be announced.
Azerbaijan
German police raid MPs’ homes in Azerbaijan bribery probe
German police have raided the properties of Christian Democratic party MP Karin Strenz and former MP Eduard Lintner; the two are suspected of accepting bribes to lobby for Azerbaijan. The raids on Thursday were part of an investigation by the Frankfurt Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany into an alleged large-scale campaign of bribery of German politicians by the Azerbaijani government. Investigators searched 16 properties belonging to 52-years-old Strent
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s ‘selective ignoring’ of European Court compensation rulings
Despite the European Court of Human Rights awarding compensation to dozens of activists and opposition figures in Azerbaijan, many say the government is not paying up. According to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), 190 appeals from Azerbaijan were filed with the Court from January–July 2018, 28 of which received decisions. Asabali Mustafayev, head of local rights group the Democracy and Human Rights Resource Centre, told OC Media that there are currently about 20 people in Azerba
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Council of Europe corruption allegations ‘indisputable’
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has concluded that corruption allegations involving Azerbaijan and a number of current and former MPs from several European countries are true and has declared a policy of zero tolerance of corruption to ‘restore its credibility’. A resolution was adopted on Thursday following a debate in PACE about an internal investigation into corruption within PACE. According to the investigation, which was prepared by three former judges f
