Azerbaijan lauds the operations at its immigration detention centres, which opened less than a decade ago. But with civil society tightly controlled, there are few independent reports detailing detention conditions. Important monitoring bodies like the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture have also yet to fully investigate this issue. […]
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Azerbaijan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
The latest detention-related data from Azerbaijan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. […]
Azerbaijan – State Migration Service – COVID-19 Survey Response
Azerbaijan’s State Migration Service’s official response to the Global Detention Project’s COVID-19 survey. The GDP submitted information requests to government agencies, international organisations, National Human Rights Institutions, and NGOs requesting information pertaining to the treatment of immigration detainees during the pandemic. Responses were documented on our COVID-19 Immigration Detention Platform. More information about Azerbaijan’s treatment of […]
Azerbaijan: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, the State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan reported that since the application of the special quarantine regime in the country on 24 March, the placement of foreigners and stateless persons, present in the country irregularly, has been suspended. The country’s immigration authority also indicated that […]
