Traduction de «azerbaïdjan » (Français → Anglais) :

EUROPA - EU law and publications - EUR-Lex - EUR-Lex - 32018D0311 - EN - Council Decision (EU) 2018/311 of 27 February 2018 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the facilitation of the issuance of visas, with regard to the adoption of common guidelines for the implementation of that Agreement // COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2018/311 // of 27 February 2018 // DECISION No ./201. OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPUBLIC OF ...[+++]AZERBAIJAN ON THE FACILITATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF VISAS // of .

– having regard to the established relationship between the EU and Azerbaijan, which took effect in 1999, as represented by the implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan, the creation of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), the negotiations on the EU-Azerbaijan association agreement and Azerbaijan’s participation in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly,

– having regard to the established relationship between the EU and Azerbaijan, which took effect in 1999, as represented by the implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan, the creation of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), the negotiations on an EU–Azerbaijan association agreement and Azerbaijan’s participation in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly,

E. whereas the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Vilayat Zahirov, sent an official letter to the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice of Hungary on 15 August 2012, in which he stated that the execution of the decisions of foreign states’ courts regarding the transfer of sentenced persons to serve the remaining part of their prison sentences in the Republic of Azerbaijan were carried out in accordance with Article 9(1)(a) of the convention, without any conversion of their sentences; whereas he further gave an assurance that, according to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the punishment of ...[+++]a convict serving a life sentence could only be replaced by a court with a term of imprisonment for a specified period, and that the convict could be released on conditional parole only after serving at least 25 years of his or her prison sentence; and whereas the Azerbaijani authorities subsequently denied having given any diplomatic assurances to the Hungarian authorities;

10. Welcomes the Azerbaijani authorities' participation in the review of Azerbaijan at the sixth meeting of the UN Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on 6 February 2009, and calls on the Azerbaijani Government to implement the UPR recommendations in full, including by ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, decriminalising defamation and libel to eliminate unnecessary pressures on journalists; ensuring that freedom of expression and media freedom are fully respected; safeguarding access to broadcast media; investigating and prosecuting those who perpetrate crimes and harass journalists and hu ...[+++]man rights defenders; effectively implementing the rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of association; improving prison conditions; and protecting the rights of vulnerable groups, including minorities, migrants, asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons;

9. Welcomes the efforts by the Azerbaijani authorities, including the two meetings held in 2009 by Azerbaijan's State Commission for European Integration, to improve the existing mechanisms for protecting human rights and enhance the capacity of democratic institutions in the country and calls on the EU and Azerbaijan to step up their dialogue on human rights issues;