[governance] Rights issues in Azerbaijan / What will CS @ Baku do?

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear Robert and All,


Reports of human rights violations should always be taken seriously and as
civil society it is our duty to raise and highlight strategies for advocacy
and what shape this should take whether it should include things like:-


   - Issuing a Statement;
   - Getting our MAG representatives to raise this;

However it would be prudent whilst we are strategizing to assess the
situation and summarize it into a 2 pages and create a fact sheet to enable
us to strategize. This can include things like "context", "rule of law
index", whether they are parties to either the ICCPR or ICESCR and other
Human Rights instruments.

I also like what you are raising Robert in terms of maintaining a
"stand". Are there civil society organisations in Azerbaijan that we can
draw from to know what's happening on the ground other than what we can
pick up from the Internet?


On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>wrote:

>  Dear colleagues,
>
> With all the focus on IGF MAG renewal and remote participation, let's not
> forget that the Governance Caucus should not lose track of the violations
> of human rights that are being reported in Azerbaijan.
>
> We need to make sure the UN and Azeri hosts make commitments that allow
> for respect & protection of Freedom of expression and association not only
> for participants of the IGF  but also those in the country.
>
> As i've mentioned to many of you privately, we face a Tunis 2005 type
> scenario - that being, dealing with a well known and documented repressor
> of online activists and  human rights. We can not be complicit  in their
> repression nor be used as pawns in their PR campaign as to how great the
> country is.
>
> To not challenge the country to do better - before, during and after the
> IGF in Nov - is to not be faithful to the hard fought inclusion of Human
> Rights in the IGF 2005 summit documents.
>
> Look forward to everyone's comments.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>   --
> R. Guerra
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> Email: rguerra at privaterra.org
>
>
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