Joint statements

The Civic Solidarity Platform and the International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan (IPGA) condemn the harsh response by the Azerbaijani authorities to recent protests in the country, and call on the Council of Europe to ensure Azerbaijan respects its human rights obligations as a member state. 

Civic Solidarity Platform members regret that during her recent visit to Central Asia the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs did not publicly engage on human rights issues in a more substantive manner.

DUBLIN DECLARATIONSECURITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: TIME FOR OSCE TO ACTAdopted by the participants of the Parallel Civil Society ConferenceDublin, 5 December 2012The Parallel Civil Society Conference, considering that the 1998 Declaration on Human Rights Defenders , proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, states (Article 1) that “e

We, the undersigned members of the Civic Solidarity Platform wish to urgently draw the attention of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly to new legislation adopted on 2 November by the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which increases fines to a disproportionate level and introduces criminal sentences for breaching regulations for organising and attending rallies.

The members of the Civic Solidarity platform support the statement of a number of leading Georgian non-governmental organizations condemning the practice of tort