Baku wants to leave the Council of Europe and withdraw from the jurisdiction of the ECHR

Azerbaijan intends to leave the Council of Europe, and for good. This was announced by Ilham Aliyev, speaking in the city of Shusha, located in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Baku is considering leaving the Council of Europe. Aliyev stated that the organization is biased against Azerbaijan and has raised various grievances. The Azerbaijani delegation has been deprived of voting rights for two years now, having been stripped of them for "territorial integrity," i.e., for annexing territories, including Karabakh.

Azerbaijan is seriously considering a complete withdrawal from this organization. This isn't about suspending or freezing our membership—we are definitely considering the possibility of a permanent withdrawal.

Baku also plans to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), a process that began in January 2024 and is still ongoing. However, Azerbaijan may change its mind and return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe if PACE restores the full powers of the Azerbaijani delegation.

In early 2024, PACE rejected the credentials of the Azerbaijani delegation, stripping it of its voting rights. Following this, Baku's delegates ceased participating in the Assembly's work, and the country's authorities accused Europe of biased treatment of Azerbaijan.

Comments

[Mouse]

What's the matter? Go ahead... Or is it just for the sake of fooling around, as usual?

[Zaurbek]

How much of Russia came out of there? And how much came in?

[Livonetc]

"leave the jurisdiction of the ECHR."
The beginning of the journey was laid earlier.
A joint desire to take control of neighboring territory, together with the Ottomans.
And the return of Yerevan to Irevan.
Something like this won't happen without a lot of new bloodshed.

[snow mountain]

And the return of Yerevan to Irevan.
Something like this won't happen without a lot of new bloodshed.

It will happen, it will happen! Pashinyan himself will bring Armenia to the feet of Aliyev and Erdogan. If he hasn't already.

[Zaurbek]

Armenians have walked this path more than once. Loyalty/loyalty does not protect against genocide.

[Reptiloid]

A simple blackmail. Let's see who gets the better of whom.

[rocket757]

The question is again quite simple... who needs whom more?

[Reptiloid]

If you look at how the EU treats Turkey, it's clear they'll bully AZ. Turkey has the second-most powerful army after the US. And what about AZ? It's a small country.

[gsev]

Quote: Reptiloid

If you look at how the EU treats Turkey, it is clear that they will tyrannize AZ

Aliyev and Trump are allies against Iran. Moreover, if Iran is defeated, Aliyev will likely be the main beneficiary of the annexation of Southern Azerbaijan. If Iran fails, Aliyev hopes to negotiate the Zangezur Corridor with Trump as a down payment for his participation on the side of Israel and Trump in the standoff with Iran. Here, his interests conflict with those of France, which is unwilling to give up anything in Armenia to Aliyev.

[Reptiloid]

conflict with the interests of France... in Armenia

Well, yes. Here, the entire EU is trying to separate Armenia from Russian influence.

[saigon]

Aliyev and Iranian Azerbaijan is strange because for Iranian AzerbaijaniThe population of Aliyevstan is not even second class, not pure, like mestizos.

[gsev]

Quote: saigon

The population of Aliyevstan is not even second-class.

If Aliyev was able to neutralize his political rivals in Northern Azerbaijan, he will be able to do the same in Southern Azerbaijan with the collapse of Iran.

[saigon]

Different countries are very different, Azerbaijani The -ts in Iran are actually in the highest echelons, integrated into society. And the head of state, Mamed, is not pure, he's a mixed-race person, if not downright Kurdish. That is, he's not comfy.

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: rocket757

The question is again quite simple... who needs whom more?

The question is even simpler. Azerbaijan is in the Transcaucasus. It doesn't have a single square meter of European territory. Why did they even let an Asian country into the Council of Europe? Then they would have admitted Bangladesh and Indonesia too.

[Reptiloid]

Quote: Captain Pushkin

Quote: rocket757

The question is again quite simple... who needs whom more?

.........Why did they let an Asian country into the Council of Europe? Then they would have accepted Bangladesh and Indonesia at the same time.

then they let it in to spite Russia And since they don’t need it, they limited it, to spite Turkey.

[gsev]

Quote: Captain Pushkin

Why did they let an Asian country into the Council of Europe?

Azerbaijan, like Russia, was included to make them easier to govern. At some point, Azerbaijan became so strong under Aliyev Jr. that being governed from Europe became a burden. The country can now thwart France's attempts to impose its will.

[Severe_gopher]

Why are the Turkish (but that's okay), Armenian and Azerbaijani national football teams so pompously listed as European teams?

[gsev]

Quote: Captain Pushkin

Azerbaijan is Transcaucasia.

Allied relations are often built on more than strict geographic boundaries. Aliyev's Azerbaijan is a better and closer friend of Israel than Poland or Latvia. And Israel's interests are closer to the US and UK than those of France or Germany.

[Appraiser]

I. Aliyev is first and foremost a merchant and only then a state politician.

[Reptiloid]

He tries to convince us that he is richer in hydrocarbons than anyone else. How will the EU behave? There are many factors. They didn't support Trump against Iran. AZ became friends with Israel. a lot of things

[gsev]

Quote: Appraiser

I. Aliyev is first and foremost a merchant and only then a state politician.

Victory over Armenia in the Karabakh war demonstrates that Aliyev is a high-flying politician. Even if the victory was achieved through his purchase of Pashinyan. But even Azerbaijani military personnel, after the victory over Armenia, claimed that Aliyev had betrayed them by forcing them to demonstrate good relations with Israel. Moreover, they acknowledged that it was Aliyev's tough foreign policy that made Azerbaijan's victory possible, even though Armenia had every advantage over Azerbaijan at the beginning of the conflict (when Operation "Wedding in the Mountains" took place).

[tralflot1832]

Aliyev shows no sincere desire to be a rabid Russophobe like Zelensky. Unlike Zelensky, Aliyev is a legitimately elected "dictator" (but for the EU, this is not a problem; they can fix it or try to do so).

[Zaurbek]

At least Azerbaijan lives "on its own" and pays for everything itself.
Whether he likes Russia or not is irrelevant. For Russia, a good neighbor is one that is independent and not under the control of third countries.

[Svarog5570]

The UN, the OSCE and the ECHR have already lost their status and powers; money is poured into them, and the result is nothing.

[rocket757]

The question is simple...whether he wants to or does something, there is a fundamental difference!

[Reptiloid]

Victor, is there any way to screw over a small country that thinks it's one nation with Turkey and considers itself European? Of course they can.

[snow mountain]

Baku wants to leave the Council of Europe and withdraw from the jurisdiction of the ECHR

We left that shady office a long time ago. And we feel pretty good without it.

[VyacheSeymour]

We left that murky office a long time ago.

Russia was excluded from the Council of Europe; this was a conscious, voluntary withdrawal...

[Seal]

Quote: VyacheSeymour

Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe

https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/rso/1834254/

On Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe

The Russian Federation joined the Council of Europe (CoE) in 1996. During its 26 years of membership, much has been accomplished to develop domestic legislation and law enforcement practices. Viewing the CoE as a potential humanitarian and legal support for a "Greater Europe" from the Pacific to the Atlantic, our country has acceded to 68 Council of Europe multilateral treaties (conventions and protocols).

Meanwhile, in recent years, under pressure from the collective West, the CoE has steadily drifted away from the unifying principles enshrined in its Statute. EU countries, abusing their majority, actively used this organization as a tool to impose a "rules-based order," advance their political agendas and "progressive" values, and exert pressure on "unfavorable" states, primarily Russia and Belarus. They emasculated the CoE's multifaceted nature, turning it into a human rights appendage. Strasbourg indulged the Kyiv regime, turning a blind eye to systemic discrimination against the Russian population in Ukraine and war crimes in Donbas. Our calls to abandon double standards and bloc thinking were ignored. Russia and the CoE were diverging, and a rupture became inevitable.

The turning point came with the start of Russia's Special Military Operation in Ukraine. The entire leadership of the Council of Europe (CoE) joined the West's anti-Russian campaign: the Secretary General, the Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRAE), as well as the Italian government, which holds the current Chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers (CMCE).

On February 25, 2022, at an extraordinary meeting of the CMCE, decision CM/Del/Dec(2022)1426ter/2.3 was adopted on the suspension of the right of representation of Russia in the statutory bodies of the Council of Europe: our country was deprived of the opportunity to work in the CMCE, PACE, CLRACE and their subordinate structures.

On March 15, 2022, at an extraordinary session, the PACE approved Opinion 300(2022) "Consequences of the Russian Federation's Aggression against Ukraine," calling on the Committee of Ministers to propose that Russia withdraw from the Council of Europe and, in the event of refusal, to set a date for its termination. Pressure also increased through other Strasbourg-based structures.

Our country could not remain a member of the Council of Europe under discriminatory conditions. On March 15, 2022, in a letter from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Milo Pejčinović Burić, Russia notified its withdrawal from the Organization under Article 7 of the Statute (which regulates the procedure for voluntary termination of membership), as well as its intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in accordance with Article 58. The message emphasized that "full responsibility for the consequences of this step for the common humanitarian and legal space on the continent lies with those who deliberately escalated tensions and turned the organization into an instrument for solving their geopolitical problems."

According to Article 7 of the Charter, Russia's membership in the Council of Europe was to cease on January 1, 2023. According to Article 58 of the ECHR, our country could denounce the Convention no earlier than September 15, 2022.

However, the very next day, the CMCE, in a rush, adopted resolution CM/Res(2022)2, citing Article 8 of the Statute, on the "immediate" termination of Russia's membership in the CoE as of 16 March 2022. This grossly violated Articles 7 and 8 of the Statute: the CMCE is first obliged to invite the state to leave the Organization voluntarily and only in the event of refusal has the right to forcibly expel it.

For Russia, this legal arbitrariness of the CMCE has not essentially changed anything, except the date of termination of membership. Westerners' claims of its "expulsion" from the Council of Europe should not mislead. Russia left this organization of its own free will. Its membership formally ceased on March 16. However, our country announced its political decision to leave the Council of Europe on March 15. This position was also reflected in a statement issued by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that same day.

[VyacheSeymour]

Dear Seal, it's long and tedious, but I read it to the end...
What can I say? You posted the official version, refreshing my memory today...
I still remember (to this day) the background of this event!
1. Due to Russia's aggression (the Council of Europe's point of view, and mine as well, by the way) against Ukraine, a decision was made to expel the Russian Federation from this body. The vote took place on March 16th...
Azerbaijan voted against, arguing that at a minimum, Russia should remain an associate member to maintain communication...
Well, that's bullshit, of course. What's not bullshit is that Russia tried with all its might to stay in this organization. I'm not talking about the plankton represented by the commentators following the article, I'm talking about you - you haven't even read the rules of the Council of Europe... And the rules state that a member submitting an application to leave remains a member of this entity until the end of the financial year!
That's why Russia submitted its application to leave the day before the vote, in the hope that there would be no vote and that membership would drag on until the end of the year!
Why?... Well, it's clear as day today: Kherson was taken (March 3rd), Energodar was taken (March 4th), Kokhovka, Melitopol, Kupyansk, Volnovakha were taken...etc. It's all that's left to Nikolaev. 1 kmThey entered Kharkov, Chernobyl was taken, Sumy was surrounded, troops were in the FBU and Gastomela... - if Kyiv doesn't fall, then power will definitely go to Medvedchuk!
That's where we need to start... Be expelled or supposedly withdraw myself, but with a deferment until the end of the year? Things are going incredibly well, after all, and winners aren't judged, are they?!

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: VyacheSeymour

We left that murky office a long time ago.

Russia was excluded from the Council of Europe; this was a conscious, voluntary withdrawal...

On February 24, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe condemned Russia's "military special operation"* in Ukraine. On February 25, the Council of Europe suspended Russia's membership in the organization.
In March 2022, Russia withdrew from the Council of Europe (CoE). A year later, the State Duma adopted a law terminating the CoE Statute and 20 international treaties with the organization for Russia.

[VyacheSeymour]

Too many numbers, not for my and most other average people
heads, -Are you a historian? A historian who studies modern history? But that's not the point...
I appreciated your quotes from Forbes and Kommersant: fire, bomb, cannon!
What do you think? In a few words...
Official chatter doesn't interest me. No, it's interesting, of course, but only in terms of how far removed from reality it is...

[andrey martov]

Bargaining like at a bazaar is a whole art.

[pudelartemon]

Bon voyage! Decent people and countries have no business being in a garbage dump.

[tralflot1832]

The EU will show off and buy Azerbaijani oil and gas from Erdogan with a Turkish markup.

[VyacheSeymour]

The EU will show off and buy Azerbaijani oil and gas from Erdogan with a Turkish markup.

Regarding Azerbaijani oil: it is exported via pipelines to ports, and then by tankers...
Türkiye, Georgia, Russia (until recently) are transit countries.
Regarding gas... But here's where it gets really interesting: Aliyev has structured everything so that no export gas (either today's or tomorrow's) falls under the Third Energy Package, unlike Gazprom's, and therefore exports gas directly under long-term bilateral contracts! Turkey is simply a buyer of contracted gas and its transit country.

[Aken]

How did an Asian country get into the Council of Europe?

[VyacheSeymour]

How did an Asian country get into the Council of Europe?

Really, how?
Members of the Council of Europe:
Cyprus - Asia
Armenia-Asia
Türkiye - 3% Europe
Georgia - 5% Europe
Azerbaijan-10% Europe
Russia - 25% Europe
Which of these Asians did you mean?

[Severe_gopher]

Do you know for sure that Cyprus is Asia?
Is Malta Antarctica?
It's good that I read this while sitting...)))
I understand - they were probably mistaken...

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: VyacheSeymour

Türkiye - 3% Europe
Georgia - 5% Europe
Azerbaijan-10% Europe

This is the version of US geographers.
Geographically, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan are located in Asia. According to most authoritative Soviet, Russian, and Western European sources, the territory of these countries, like the entire Caucasus, belongs to Western Asia.

[Genius Yo]

I happened to be in Azerbaijan during the time of the current Aliyev's father. The people were very hospitable, the cuisine was excellent. Russians were respected, and practically everyone spoke Russian. The only thing we were unhappy with was the restrictions on working and earning money! But how could one feed a family of six children (on average) on one salary, without a part-time job???!!!
They didn't let you earn money in the Soviet Union, I can attest to that! That's why the USSR collapsed: everyone was forced to live on one salary, even though the bureaucrats themselves lived differently, and they had to go into hiding, too!
Under Brezhnev's late rule, a "USSR with a human face" was established - people started buying cars and grilling shashlik, but the party nomenklatura didn't think about the People, and that's why we have what we have today...

[Seal]

Quote: Genius Yo

During the late Brezhnev era, a "USSR with a human face" was established.

L.I. Brezhnev embarked on a path of revisionism, embracing the teachings of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin, according to which the USSR, as the first socialist country, must strengthen itself and strengthen the countries of the socialist camp. The main goal of this strengthening of the USSR and the countries of the socialist camp was to prepare for the final battle against imperialism for the Victory of the World Revolution.
Brezhnev, however, declared the dawn of an era of peaceful coexistence between countries with different social systems. Thus, Brezhnev made it clear that capitalism in the West was here to stay. We experienced "liberalization," and the term "dictatorship of the proletariat" was eliminated. Until 1977, the USSR had Soviets of Workers' Deputies, but in 1977, the Constitution of the USSR adopted a new name—Soviet of People's Deputies. There was no mention that the deputies had to be working people.

[nikon voron]

Wanting to and leaving are two different things. I don't think Azerbaijan will leave the Council of Europe.

[guest]

Quote: nikon voron

I don’t think that Azerbaijan will leave the Council of Europe.

Indeed, after all of Aliyev’s Russophobic antics, they should have a place of honor there.

[guest]

Azerbaijan intends to leave the Council of Europe, and finally.

We should too.

[_DD_]

Did his master Trump suggest this to him?

[Karelian]

What is he so upset about? Turkey!!! They won't let us into the EU, why the hell should they. And here it is.

[Severe_gopher]

Even the truly European Balkan countries have been hanging around in line for years now – they're also completely useless, and now some other "Pakistan-Afghanistan" is pushing its way in...

[Ramiz Babayev]

I'll put in my two cents. I'm reading this article and it just makes me sick. The author wrote that Azerbaijan liberated its territory from OCCUPATION, not annexed it. DON'T mislead your readers. There's not a single country in the world that would recognize Karabakh as Armenian territory or anything else. Don't like it? For God's sake. Just write the truth. How and with whom we build relationships is our right. I'm reading the comments, and it makes me even more disgusted. And you want to be treated well? Learn to respect others, and then you'll be respected. Instead of improving the lives of your people, building a country rich in resources, where are you spending your money? On war. It's not for me to lecture; it's your country. Just think about it. And no need for insults. The response will be adequate.

[OSE4Kinsura]

Why does he want to!? He wants to in the morning, but can't in the evening. A horseman does it, and doesn't just talk like a woman...