last updated June 5, 2006

First and Second Periodic Reports (French) (Spanish)
(consolidated)

• Due: 15 September 1997 and 15 September 1999
• Submitted: 18 December 1998
• Summary record of the 1358th meeting (French)
• Summary record of the 1359th meeting
• Summary record of the 1368th meeting (French)
• Concluding observations of the Committee (French) (Spanish)
• The Committee expressed concern over discrimination faced by ethnic groups in regard to employment, housing and education. The Committee recommended that the Azerbaijani government take steps to facilitate access to remedies for minorities suffering racial discrimination. It also recommended that the government consider creating a national human rights institution to implement the Convention. 

Third and Fourth Periodic Reports (combined) (French) (Spanish)

• Due: 15 September 2001and 15 September 2003
• Submitted: 29 May 2004
• Summary record (French)
• Concluding observations of the Committee (French) (Spanish)
• The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concludes the Azerbaijan government's report as a whole does not contain sufficient information to comply with the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The Committee establishes several concerns relating to failure of the government to provide information illustrating it sufficiently prevented and remedied racial discrimination and discrimination against asylum-seekers, refugees, stateless persons, displaced persons and long-term residents. Most pertinent to women's rights issues are the concerns regarding trafficking laws and policies and lack of support for victims.

Fifth and Sixth Periodic Reports

• Due: 15 September 2007