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Located on the Caspian Sea on the edge of the Caucasus mountains, Azerbaijan is rich in oil and natural gas. The country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the early years of which were dominated by a war with Armenia over the sovereignty of the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. In some respects human rights standards have improved since the collapse of the Soviet Union, for example, the death penalty was abolished in 1998, but a number of serious violations of the rights of children continue, including the ill-treatment of children in the justice system and the persisting issues related to children displaced within the country.
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82 Human development index80 Happy planet rankingOrganisations in Azerbaijan
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- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Azerbaijan League in Defence of Child Rights
- Azerbaijan NGO Alliance for Child Rights
- Azerbaijan NGO Alliance For Children’s Rights
- Azerbaijan Women & Development Centre
- Azerbaijan Women's Association
- Azerbaijan Young Lawyers' Union
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Child Helpline International
- Children's Rights Legal Clinic
- Educational Center for Youth
- Global Campaign for Education
- Global March Against Child Labour
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Children's Center
- International Union of Children's Organizations
- National Information Centre on Human Rights
- NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States
- NUR Usaq ve Genclerin Ictimai Birliyi
- Office of Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Reliable Future YO
- SOS Children's Villages International
- SOS Children's Villages-Azerbaijan Association
- Umid Yeri
- UNESCO
- Winrock International
- Women's Resource Centre
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- World Vision - Canada
