[governance] Re: Draft IGC Statement [Azerbaijan and Human Rights]

[Izumi AIZU]

Many thanks, Sala, for your work below.

The web-link has been changed to the following URl due to some technical
problem.

http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/73

Please use this for making your comments and suggestions.

thanks,

izumi


2012/7/8 Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
>

> Dear All,
>
> Following AYEs from Sonigitu Ekpe,  Louis Pouzin, Divina Meigs, Ronald
> Koven, Narine Kachatryan, Wolfgang Benedek, Wolfgang Kleinwachter,
> Christopher Wilkinson, Mathias Ketteman, Gorka Orueta, International
> lvssion, Jean-Louis Fullsack, Ginger Paque, Shaila Mistry, Izumi Aizu and
> no NAYs, I have composed a first Draft Statement which is on the IGC site.
>
> The Draft Statement is available for your comments and edits via
> http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/?p=61  This will mean that you can
> comment on each sentence and paragraph specifically and see others comments
> as well for ease of drafting. We will be using the Statement Workspace to
> gather feedback etc. Looking forward to your comments and input.
>
> The Draft Statement reads as follows:-
>
> The *Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus* wishes to express its
> grave concern over the reports[1] of violation of human rights of civil
> society in Azerbaijan.
>
> We note that the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe,
> Thomas Hammarberg had in September 2011 (CommDH(2011)33) made a series of
> observations and recommendations[2] such as the need to strengthen and
> protect Human Rights in Azerbaijan which included things like
> decriminalizing defamation, allowing civil society to operate without
> restrictions, the arrests of journalists and those with differing political
> perspectives. We affirm these recommendations.
>
>
> Whilst Azerbaijan is a non member state of the United Nations Human Rights
> Council, it was encouraging to note the commitment made by the Government
> of Azerbaijan on the 29 June 2012 at the 20th Session of the United
> Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva vide A/HRC/20/L.13[3]where
> together with 71 countries it made a bold affirmation of commitment to the
> protection of freedoms of expression through any media of one’s choice.
>
>
> This is good progress however we would like to urge the Government of
> Azerbaijan to encourage the creation of a safe and free environment where
> diverse and conflicting views on issues can be raised where ideas are
> robustly teased out without resorting to violence and abuse.
>
>
> We are also concerned that there is a danger to hide behind the exceptions
> provided for in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and
> Political Rights (ICCPR) and we would like to urge the Government of
> Azerbaijan to remember the spirit of the preamble within the ICCPR in which
> Article 19 is to be interpreted which includes peace and freedom.
>
>
>  We would also like to call upon the Government of Azerbaijan to review
> its legislations, policies and practices to ensure that freedom of
> expression, freedom of association, and freedom of peaceful assembly is
> encouraged as these are fundamental elements of a stable and democratic
> society.
>
>
> *Ends*
>  ------------------------------
>
> [1] http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-azerbaijan
>
> [2] https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1839497
>
> [3]
> http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/G12/147/10/PDF/G1214710.pdf?OpenElement
>
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Sala
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:37 AM, shaila mistry <shailam at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Aye
>> Shaila
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> * From: * Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org>;
>> * To: * <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; Ginger Paque <ginger at paque.net>;
>>
>> * Cc: * <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>;
>>  * Subject: * Re: [governance] news from Baku
>> * Sent: * Sun, Jul 1, 2012 12:26:07 AM
>>
>>    Aye, and Sala would you please prepare the draft?
>>
>> izumi
>>
>>
>>
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