Azerbaijan Summons Council of Europe Official Over ECHR Ruling

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Regional * Yesterday, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry summoned the head of the Council of Europe’s Baku’s Office, Petr Sich over a recent European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling. The ECHR had partially upheld a complaint against Azerbaijan by the family of an Armenian soldier killed in April 2016, finding that Azerbaijan had violated the soldier’s right to life and the prohibition of torture and inhumane treatment. In their summons on Monday, Azerbaijan claimed the ruling was ‘unfair, biase

By OC Media