Legal aspects of struggle against human trafficking in Azerbaijan

Abstract

History of struggle against human trafficking of the Republic of Azerbaijan can be calculated from 1996. So, on that date Azerbaijan has signed UN Convention “For the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others”. However Azerbaijan did not take any step to bring national legislation into line with the Convention for a long time. Later it ratified number of Conventions of United Nations1 and Council of Europe2 as well. In addition to it, with a view to strengthen fight against human trafficking and to improve cooperation Azerbaijan has signed some agreements3 and bilateral memorandums4 with the member states of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Azerbaijan has also approved number of protocols5 , statements 6 , understanding memorandum7 , and cooperation programs8