Challenges to Freedom of Movement in Azerbaijan

Protesters hold Azerbaijani flags and posters with portraits of opposition candidate Camil Hasanli during a rally in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. Thousands have gathered in the capital of Azerbaijan to protest the re-election of President Ilham Aliyev in a vote widely criticized by international election monitors. The protesters in Baku are demanding that the election be nullified and that Aliyev resign. Aliyev succeeded his father to the presidency of this small oil-rich nation in 2003, extending decades of dynastic rule. (AP Photo / Aziz Karimov)

By CAP

CAP Paper 210, August 2018

Tural Aghayev is an Azerbaijani human rights lawyer. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Baku State University Law School in 2008. He subsequently studied at the Europa-Institut at Saarland University in Germany, earning a Master’s degree in 2015. In this research, he explores the issues around freedom of movement, looking in turn at legal procedures for addressing violations at domestic, regional, and international level.

This research and a subsequent paper were written as part of a fellowship at the CEELI Institute in Prague granted to several young, talented human rights lawyers from Azerbaijan over the past 2 years.

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Photo: AP Photo/Aziz Karimov