POLITICS
PACE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONVENE IN BERLIN
Baku, March 20 (AZERTAC). The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council Europe`s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights will convene next Monday in Berlin. The first day of the gathering will feature a conference entitled "The state of human rights in Europe: The need to eradicate impunity".
On Tuesday, the committee will hold a meeting whose agenda will be topped by a number of issues, including the implementation of Resolution 1633 (2008) on the consequences of the war between Georgia and Russia; Protection of human rights in emergency situations; Freedom of religion and other human rights for the Muslim minority in Thrace (Eastern Greece); Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; and socio-political situation in Azerbaijan.
Head of Azerbaijan`s delegation to PACE, MP Samad Seyidov will attend the meeting.