UN Human Rights Council to discuss human rights situation in Azerbaijan

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UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group will hold its fourth session in Geneva, Switzerland on February 2-13.

The situation of human rights in Azerbaijan will also be reviewed at the session. Discussions on Azerbaijan will be held on February 4. The States to be reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review are Germany, Djibouti, Canada, Bangladesh, the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, China, Nigeria, Mexico, Mauritius, Jordan and Malaysia. The review for each State will be facilitated by groups of three Council members, or troikas, who will act as rapporteurs.
The rapporteurs on Azerbaijan are from Saudi Arabia, Slovenia and Mauritius.