During a dialogue with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on August 15-16, 2022, the state delegation submitting Azerbaijan’s periodic report on the implementation of the Convention reported that the country is preparing to adopt a law on the prevention and elimination of racial discrimination.<\/p>\n
During the session, the experts of the Committee raised questions about the situation of ethnic minorities. A significant number of these questions were devoted to the situation of the Armenian population in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in general (most of the alternative NGO reports touched on this problem).<\/p>\n
In addition, experts expressed concern about the lack of transparency in data on the ethnic composition of the country’s population; low representation of ethnic minorities in government and public administration; violations of linguistic rights and the exclusion of the languages \u200b\u200bof a number of ethnic minorities from the school curriculums, book publishing sphere, and the media; devaluing the role of ethnic minorities in the history and culture of the country and rewriting history; political repression against the Talysh; structural discrimination of Roma and Dom groups and the lack of positive measures for the integration of these groups; persecution of human rights activists and members of political opposition.<\/p>\n
Based on the results of consideration of the state report and dialogue with the government delegation at the 107th session, the Committee addresses its recommendations to Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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