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[KavkazUzel] The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
| ... the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation, 306-member international advisory group dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law. It meets four times a year for week-long plenary sessions in Strasbourg.... |
called for strengthening measures to combat torture in the organization's member countries, especially noting the systematic use of torture in Azerbaijan and Russia. Despite the fact that the powers of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE are limited, the recommendations of this structure remain mandatory for implementation, human rights activists indicated.
| Powerless but mandatory. Got it. |
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on January 24, the majority of deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution to limit the powers of the Azerbaijani delegation for violations of human rights in the country and the increase in the number of political prisoners, as well as the refusal to invite the PACE delegation to assess the upcoming presidential elections. The document speaks of human rights violations in the Lachin corridor and that PACE “condemned the military operation of the Azerbaijani army in September 2023,” which led to the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
| So Azerbaijan actually did the thing Israel is accused of. Were there any real repercussions, or is that just for possible future Israeli actions? |
The Azerbaijani delegation left the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accusing the structure of double standards. |