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6.Azerbaijan




6.1In March 2009 President Ilham Aliyev consolidated his rule with a referendum that eliminated presidential term limits, allowing him to run again in 2013. Aliyev easily won a second term in the October 2008 presidential election, taking 89 % of the vote amid a 75% turnout, according to official results. Most of the political opposition chose to boycott the poll, citing barriers to meaningful media access and the overwhelming influence of administrative resources deployed by the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) led by President Aliyev. The NAP party won the November 2010 parliamentary elections with 45.5% of the vote. The next parliamentary elections will be held in 2015. Azerbaijan states that cooperation with the European Union is one of its foreign policy priorities. The European Union and Azerbaijan are strong partners on energy policy. The main project is building a pipeline to connect the Caspian oil supply to Europe, providing a viable route for oil and gas to reach consumers. Oil-rich Azerbaijan sees the EU as the key market for its hydrocarbon exports.




6.2Governmental and NGO figures for the exact number of registered NGOs in Azerbaijan vary from 2,600 to 3,220. Most sources agree that only 70–80% of registered NGOs are active. Legal amendments enacted in 2009 require NGOs to register their grants with the authorities, and foreign NGOs to reach agreements with the government before opening offices in the country. Despite progress in certain areas, the NGO sector faces restrictions due to latent government interference, especially during election periods. The Azerbaijani Trade Union Confederation (ATUC) is the main trade union association in Azerbaijan, and participates in the tripartite social dialogue. It has approximately 1.5 million members in 26 federations. Trade unions are prohibited from engaging in political activity but can draft legislation on labour, social and economic matters. The National Confederation of the Entrepreneurs (Employers’) Organisations of Azerbaijan Republic (AEC) was established in 1999 and represents employers’ interests in social dialogue. More than 4,000 businesses as well as about 50 economic associations are currently members of AEC. State-owned enterprises are the leading employer in Azerbaijan, which is why the AEC's capacity to represent employers' interests independently of the government is rather limited.




6.3The Azerbaijan national platform of the EaP CSF was established in April 2010. 40 CSOs became full members. The rules of procedure which were approved in December 2010 state that in order to be eligible for full membership, CSOs must have participated at least in one of the EaP Civil Society Forums. Other organisations are also eligible to apply for membership as associate members. The Azerbaijan CSF national platform includes CSOs representing socio-economic interests. The platform’s Coordination Council consists of 5 individuals elected by the members. The platform has established four working groups in line with the structure of the CSF working groups as well as EaP thematic platforms. Each working group has a coordinator who represents the group in the Coordination Council. The platform has given rise to a number of events which are relevant to the government and civil society: e.g. Azerbaijan’s accession to the WTO, the use of alternative and renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, and the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises. Government representatives participated in the events organised by the Azerbaijan national platform of the EaP CSF.




7.Belarus




7.1Aleksandr Lukashenka, the President of Belarus, has ruled the country since 1994. He started his fourth term as president in January 2011. The announcement of the presidential election result in December 2010 was followed by violent clashes in the capital Minsk between the security forces and thousands of opposition demonstrators protesting about alleged vote-rigging. More than 600 demonstrators, including 7 opposition candidates, have been arrested. The OSCE described the elections as seriously flawed, and OSCE observers criticized both the counting of votes and the violent backlash against opposition candidates. The Belarus government responded by shutting down the OSCE office in Minsk.




7.2In 1997 the EU decided to freeze its relations with Belarus, in response to the authoritarian style of rule of President Lukashenka’s regime: the opposition and civil society are politically repressed, and the citizens of Belarus have experienced violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms. A couple of years ago however there was some hope that EU-Belarus relations might improve. In 2008 the Belarusian authorities released all political prisoners and there was a warming in EU-Belarus relations. The EU has invited Belarus to participate in the Eastern Partnership. However, the events that followed the December 2010 presidential elections have worsened these very badly. On 31 January 2011, the Council of the EU decided to impose sanctions on Belarus in response to the violent arrests and imprisonment of opposition politicians following the December elections. The sanctions target 158 top Belarusian officials, including President Alexander Lukashenka and his two elder sons. The sanctions include travel bans to the European Union and freezing all the European bank accounts of Belarusian officials.




7.3The independent Portal of Belarusian NGOs14 estimates that there are2,225 Belarusian NGOs. However, freedom of association in Belarus is severely restricted. More than a hundred of the most active NGOs were forced to close down between 2003 and 2005. In December 2005, President Lukashenka signed amendments to the penal code that criminalized participation in an unregistered or liquidated political party or organization. These amendments allowed further punitive measures against groups that refused to shut down. As a result, most human rights activists operating in the country face potential jail terms ranging from six months to two years. Due to persecution, some NGOs moved their offices abroad, e.g. to Vilnius, Warsaw, and Kiev. Regulations introduced in 2005 banned the provision of foreign assistance to NGOs, parties, and individuals deemed to have promoted “meddling in the internal affairs” of Belarus from abroad. The government signaled a slight thaw in relations with these groups in 2008, however, no relevant improvements have been seen over the last two years.





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