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2015/2840(RSP) Resolution on Azerbaijan

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 144

Events

2015/09/10
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2015/09/10
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Documents
Debate in Parliament
2015/09/10
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 365 votes to 202, with 72 abstentions, a resolution on Azerbaijan.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the S&D, ECR, ALDE, GUE/NGL, Greens/EFA and EFDD groups.

Parliament expressed its serious concern over the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in the country. It recalled that the EU attaches special importance to human rights and fundamental freedoms in the context of bilateral cooperation, as key elements of the Eastern Partnership and also as foundational pillars of international organisations such as the Council of Europe and the OCSE, of both of which Azerbaijan is a member.

Members condemned the unprecedented repression against civil society in Azerbaijan and called on Azerbaijan to immediately and unconditionally release from jail of all political prisoners, human rights defenders, journalists and other civil society activists, and called for all charges against them to be dropped and for the full restoration of their political and civil rights and public image.

The government of Azerbaijan is called upon to:

respect and implement its commitments undertaken as a member of the Council of Europe; fully cooperate with and implement the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission and Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN special procedures in regard to human rights defenders, the rights of freedom of association and peaceful assembly, freedom of expression and arbitrary detention, with the aim of amending its legislation; immediately end its crackdown on civil society and human rights work; respect freedom of the press and media, both in legislation and in practice and both online and offline; stop obstructing and intimidating human rights defenders working for the rights of LGBTI people.

Parliament called on the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to:

strictly apply the ‘ more for more’ principle , with a specific focus on the situation of human rights defenders, in line with the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders; review and suspend temporarily, if needed, all funding not related to human rights, civil society and grassroots level people-to-people cooperation granted to Azerbaijan through the European Neighbourhood Instrument; mount a strong and unified response to the crackdown under way in Azerbaijan, in order to make it clear that the prevailing situation is wholly unacceptable and that it cannot be ‘business as usual’ until the government releases all those imprisoned on politically motivated charges and ends the ongoing crackdown against independent civil society groups.

More generally, Parliament regretted that the EU-Azerbaijan human rights dialogue has not made any substantial progress as regards the human rights situation in the country. The EEAS is called upon to step up this dialogue with a view to making it effective and result-oriented, and to report regularly to Parliament.

Lastly, Parliament recalled its decision to send a European Parliament delegation to Azerbaijan, and stressed the importance of sending this delegation as soon as possible in order to engage with the Azerbaijani authorities on urgent issues such as human rights and the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Documents
T8-0316/2015
2015/09/10
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2015/09/08
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0856/2015
2015/09/08
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0858/2015
2015/09/08
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0860/2015
2015/09/08
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0862/2015
2015/09/08
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0863/2015
2015/09/08
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0864/2015
2015/09/08
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-0865/2015
2015/09/08
   Joint motion for resolution
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RC-B8-0856/2015

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Activities

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RC-B8-0856/2015 - Am 1 #

2015/09/10 Outcome: +: 328, -: 273, 0: 37
IT ES SE BE DE AT DK FR FI IE PT EE NL RO LU LT EL CY HR MT LV SI CZ SK BG HU GB PL
Total
65
47
18
16
86
17
13
62
9
6
18
5
20
25
6
7
17
6
11
6
6
7
18
13
12
19
60
42
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Italy S&D

27

Spain S&D

13

Sweden S&D

6

Belgium S&D

2

Germany S&D

24

Austria S&D

5

Denmark S&D

3

France S&D

12

Finland S&D

2

Ireland S&D

For (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Portugal S&D

7

Estonia S&D

For (1)

Marju LAURISTIN
1

Netherlands S&D

2

Romania S&D

10

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Mady DELVAUX
1

Lithuania S&D

2

Greece S&D

4

Cyprus S&D

2

Croatia S&D

2

Malta S&D

Abstain (1)

Alfred SANT
3

Latvia S&D

1

Czechia S&D

Abstain (1)

Pavel POC
4

Slovakia S&D

4

Bulgaria S&D

2

Hungary S&D

4

United Kingdom S&D

19

Poland S&D

5
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57

Spain ALDE

8

Sweden ALDE

3

Belgium ALDE

5

Germany ALDE

3

Austria ALDE

For (1)

Angelika MLINAR
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Denmark ALDE

3

France ALDE

4

Finland ALDE

3

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
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Portugal ALDE

2

Estonia ALDE

3

Netherlands ALDE

6

Romania ALDE

Against (1)

Norica NICOLAI
3

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

Lithuania ALDE

Against (1)

Viktor USPASKICH
2

Croatia ALDE

2

Slovenia ALDE

For (1)

Ivo VAJGL
1

Czechia ALDE

For (1)

Petr JEŽEK
4

Bulgaria ALDE

For (1)

Iskra MIHAYLOVA
1

United Kingdom ALDE

1
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Spain Verts/ALE

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Belgium Verts/ALE

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Germany Verts/ALE

12

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

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France Verts/ALE

5

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Heidi HAUTALA
1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Slovenia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Igor ŠOLTES
1

Hungary Verts/ALE

2

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

4
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39

Italy GUE/NGL

3

Spain GUE/NGL

9

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Germany GUE/NGL

8

Denmark GUE/NGL

For (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

France GUE/NGL

2

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Ireland GUE/NGL

3

Portugal GUE/NGL

2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

For (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
1

Greece GUE/NGL

5

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1
icon: EFDD EFDD
42

Italy EFDD

17

Sweden EFDD

2

France EFDD

1

Lithuania EFDD

Abstain (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1

Czechia EFDD

Against (1)

Petr MACH
1

United Kingdom EFDD

Abstain (1)

Gerard BATTEN
19

Poland EFDD

1
icon: NI NI
6

France NI

Abstain (1)

Bruno GOLLNISCH
1

Greece NI

Abstain (1)

Kostas PAPADAKIS
3

Hungary NI

2
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36

Italy ENF

4

Belgium ENF

For (1)

Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

Austria ENF

4

France ENF

20

Netherlands ENF

3

Romania ENF

Abstain (1)

Laurenţiu REBEGA
1

United Kingdom ENF

Against (1)

Janice ATKINSON
1

Poland ENF

2
icon: ECR ECR
60

Italy ECR

2

Belgium ECR

2

Germany ECR

8

Denmark ECR

4

Finland ECR

Against (1)

Jussi HALLA-AHO
1

Netherlands ECR

2

Greece ECR

Against (1)

Notis MARIAS
1

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Latvia ECR

Against (1)

Roberts ZĪLE
1

Czechia ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

3

Bulgaria ECR

2

United Kingdom ECR

15

Poland ECR

16
icon: PPE PPE
186

Italy PPE

12

Spain PPE

13

Sweden PPE

3

Belgium PPE

For (1)

Claude ROLIN

Abstain (1)

Pascal ARIMONT
4

Germany PPE

31

Austria PPE

5

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

France PPE

Abstain (1)

Alain CADEC
17

Finland PPE

Against (1)

Petri SARVAMAA
1

Ireland PPE

Against (1)

Seán KELLY
1

Portugal PPE

7

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Netherlands PPE

4

Romania PPE

For (1)

Monica MACOVEI
11

Luxembourg PPE

For (1)

Frank ENGEL
3

Lithuania PPE

Against (1)

Algirdas SAUDARGAS
1

Greece PPE

4

Cyprus PPE

2

Croatia PPE

5

Malta PPE

3

Latvia PPE

3

Slovenia PPE

5

Czechia PPE

Abstain (1)

Jiří POSPÍŠIL
7

Slovakia PPE

6

Bulgaria PPE

7

Hungary PPE

11

Poland PPE

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    • date: 2015-09-10T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=26139&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
    • date: 2015-09-10T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20150910&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
    • date: 2015-09-10T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2015-0316 title: T8-0316/2015 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 365 votes to 202, with 72 abstentions, a resolution on Azerbaijan. The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the S&D, ECR, ALDE, GUE/NGL, Greens/EFA and EFDD groups. Parliament expressed its serious concern over the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in the country. It recalled that the EU attaches special importance to human rights and fundamental freedoms in the context of bilateral cooperation, as key elements of the Eastern Partnership and also as foundational pillars of international organisations such as the Council of Europe and the OCSE, of both of which Azerbaijan is a member. Members condemned the unprecedented repression against civil society in Azerbaijan and called on Azerbaijan to immediately and unconditionally release from jail of all political prisoners, human rights defenders, journalists and other civil society activists, and called for all charges against them to be dropped and for the full restoration of their political and civil rights and public image. The government of Azerbaijan is called upon to: respect and implement its commitments undertaken as a member of the Council of Europe; fully cooperate with and implement the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission and Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN special procedures in regard to human rights defenders, the rights of freedom of association and peaceful assembly, freedom of expression and arbitrary detention, with the aim of amending its legislation; immediately end its crackdown on civil society and human rights work; respect freedom of the press and media, both in legislation and in practice and both online and offline; stop obstructing and intimidating human rights defenders working for the rights of LGBTI people. Parliament called on the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to: strictly apply the ‘ more for more’ principle , with a specific focus on the situation of human rights defenders, in line with the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders; review and suspend temporarily, if needed, all funding not related to human rights, civil society and grassroots level people-to-people cooperation granted to Azerbaijan through the European Neighbourhood Instrument; mount a strong and unified response to the crackdown under way in Azerbaijan, in order to make it clear that the prevailing situation is wholly unacceptable and that it cannot be ‘business as usual’ until the government releases all those imprisoned on politically motivated charges and ends the ongoing crackdown against independent civil society groups. More generally, Parliament regretted that the EU-Azerbaijan human rights dialogue has not made any substantial progress as regards the human rights situation in the country. The EEAS is called upon to step up this dialogue with a view to making it effective and result-oriented, and to report regularly to Parliament. Lastly, Parliament recalled its decision to send a European Parliament delegation to Azerbaijan, and stressed the importance of sending this delegation as soon as possible in order to engage with the Azerbaijani authorities on urgent issues such as human rights and the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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