EU Statements on Azerbaijan and on the death penalty

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EU Statements on Azerbaijan and on the death penalty

In September 2024, the European Union delivered two statements at the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers meetings. The first statement was on the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment regarding their public statement concerning Azerbaijan, and the second one was on the death penalty.

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On 11 September 2024, the European Union delivered a statementat the Council of Europe 1506th meeting of Ministers' Deputies to express their concern over the latest detentions in Azerbaijan, which add to the worrying trend of detentions of independent journalists, human rights defenders & civil society representatives. The EU also called on the Azerbaijani authorities to resume a constructive dialogue with the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

On 25 September, during a thematic discussion on the abolition of the death penalty and its focus on Belarus, the European Union delivered a statement to reaffirm the EU's strong opposition to the death penalty in all circumstances. TheEU reiterated the strong call on Belarus, the only country in Europe still applying the death penalty, to stop all executions pending its abolition.