Monthly Updates
September 2022
Fighting on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border killed 207 Armenian soldiers, 80 Azerbaijani soldiers, and 4 Armenian civilians. Over 2,700 Armenian civilians were evacuated from the border area. Contrary to the two previous wars and long-running low-level hostilities between the two countries, the fighting did not involve the disputed enclave of Nagorno Karabakh, but Azerbaijan’s incursions into the internationally recognized borders of Armenia. Videos released online from the fighting showed what appears to be attacks on Armenian civilian infrastructure and the execution of Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijani forces. Azerbaijan has blamed undocumented Armenian provocations for the outbreak of fighting.
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GSoD Indices Data 2012-2021
Representative
Government
Government
Fundamental
Rights
Rights
Checks on
Government
Government
Impartial
Administration
Administration
Participatory
Engagement
Engagement
Basic Information
Population
10 145 210
System of government
Presidential system
Head of government
Prime Minister Ali Asadov (since 2019)
Head of government party
New Azerbaijan Party
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
First Past the Post
Women in lower or single chamber
18.3%
Women in upper chamber
Not applicable
Last legislative election
2020
Head of state
President Ilham Aliyev
Selection process for head of state
Direct election (two-round majority)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
15/05/2018
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
69.11%
Human Rights Treaties
State party
Signatory
No action
United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
Equal Remuneration Convention
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Regional Treaties
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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