POLITICS
COE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT STATE COMMITTEE FOR FAMILY, WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S AFFAIRS
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg will visit the Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women’s and Children’s Affairs in Baku on September 5 to discuss the women’s and children’s rights situation in Azerbaijan, a source at the Committee told AZERTAC.
Also present at the will be Marc Scheuer, Director of the COE Human Rights Commissioner’s Office, Anne-Laure Duval, Advisor to the Commissioner, Special Representative to Azerbaijan Denis Bribosia, Arif Mammadov, permanent representative of Azerbaijan to the COE and others.
Chairwoman of the State Committee for Family, Women’s and Children’s Affairs Hijran Huseynova will provide the visitors with information on the appeals on women’s and children’s rights violations submitted to the Committee over the last year, and on how they have been dealt with.