Terry Davis, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, wrote to the Foreign Ministers of 37 of the 46 Council of Europe member countries, including Azerbaijan, as a follow-up to his inquiry on the compliance of member states with their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights in the context of the alleged secret detentions and rendition flights in Europe, Trend reports.
Davis proposed to these governments to complete or clarify their replies in response to his initial request of 21 November 2005. The deadline for the replies to the follow-up letters has been set for 7 April.
The inquiry concerns following countries: Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom.
The deadline for the replies to the follow-up letters has been set for 7 April.